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Sirhowy Valley

Floor75 m246 ft
Depth
265 m
Rim
339 m
Length
31 km
Tonight
6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 21 km/h W

Sirhowy Valley is up to 265 m deep: the rim reaches 339 m and the floor 75 m, along 31 km.

All facts
Floor
75 m
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Depth

Depth of Sirhowy Valley

Up to 265 m deep (typically 145 m) along the 31.0 km in view.

0200400600265 mrimfloor0102031.0 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Sirhowy Valley 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 24 × 24 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Sirhowy 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Sirhowy Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Sirhowy Valley weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 21 km/h W

Sirhowy Valley forecast for about 339 m.

  • Tonight6°0.3 mm21 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

Camping & parking near Sirhowy Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sirhowy Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km SW
Parking0.6 km SW
Parking0.6 km SW
Parc Bryn BachCampsite2.4 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 24 × 24 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
80.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
17.2%
Steep, 30–45°
2.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
2.2% of the 576 km² view
Relief in view
589 m low point 27 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.8%Trees 34.4%Built-up 8.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 12.0 km of Sirhowy Valley.

NESW5 km15 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Mynydd Bedwellte486 m 3.7 km NW
  2. 2Darren Ddu491 m 4.1 km NE
  3. 3Cefn Manmoel - Y Domen Fawr504 m 4.2 km N
  4. 4Mynydd Carn-Y-Cefn550 m 5.8 km NNE
  5. 5Mulfran524 m 8.3 km NNE
  6. 6Cefn Pyllauduon500 m 11 km NW
  7. 7Mynydd Llangatwg530 m 12 km N
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 12.0 km; 1,588 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • European Robin51
  • Fly Agaric45
  • European Peacock Butterfly42
  • Fireweed42
  • Light Brown Apple Moth41
  • European Toad39
Where it sits

Where Sirhowy Valley sits

Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
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Nearby places

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Sirhowy Valley downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia