Rhymney Valley
- Depth
- 263 m
- Rim
- 342 m
- Length
- 36 km
- Tonight
- 7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h W
Rhymney Valley is up to 263 m deep: the rim reaches 342 m and the floor 35 m, along 36 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 35 m
Depth of Rhymney Valley
Up to 263 m deep (typically 147 m) along the 36.0 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Rhymney Valley 3D map
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Rhymney Valley terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Rhymney Valley elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Rhymney Valley weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 17 km/h W
Rhymney Valley forecast for about 342 m.
- Tonight7°0.3 mm17 km/h W
- Today7°14°38.6 mm41 km/h W
- Sun7°10°1.2 mm41 km/h W
- Mon8°14°23.3 mm35 km/h SW
- Tue9°12°4.2 mm31 km/h SW
- Wed9°13°0.5 mm23 km/h W
- Thu9°12°0.9 mm12 km/h S
- Fri9°12°7.5 mm15 km/h SE
- Sat6°10°0.2 mm14 km/h NW
- Sun4°8°0.1 mm20 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Rhymney Valley
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Rhymney Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.2 km NW
Nearest caravan site
Pen y fan Caravan and Leisure Park
Nearest campsite
Parc Cwm Darran Camp Site
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.2 km NW |
| Parking | 0.3 km E |
| Parking | 0.4 km ESE |
| Pen y fan Caravan and Leisure ParkCaravan site | 3.7 km E |
| Parc Cwm Darran Camp SiteCampsite | 4.8 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 24.5 × 24.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.0% of the 600 km² view
- Relief in view
- 570 m low point 5 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 12.3 km of Rhymney Valley.
Summit list 7
- 1Mynydd Pen-Y-Fan407 m 4.5 km NNE
- 2Craig Y Felin352 m 5.7 km NW
- 3Cruglwyn434 m 7.4 km N
- 4Craig Rhiwargan427 m 7.4 km N
- 5Darren Ddu491 m 8.1 km NNE
- 6Mynydd Bedwellte486 m 8.5 km NNW
- 7Pen Garn-Bugail477 m 9.1 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 12.3 km; 1,834 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Speckled Wood69
- Purple foxglove62
- Asian Lady Beetle55
- Fly Agaric55
- Cross Orbweaver54
- Cuckooflower54
Where Rhymney Valley sits
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-16)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)