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Vale of Clwyd

Floor8 m26 ft
Depth
258 m
Rim
290 m
Length
33.1 km
Tonight
6°CCloudy · Wind 28 km/h W

Vale of Clwyd is up to 258 m deep: the rim reaches 290 m and the floor 8 m, along 33.1 km.

All facts
Floor
8 m
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Depth

Depth of Vale of Clwyd

Up to 258 m deep (typically 132 m) along the 33.1 km in view.

0100200300400258 mrimfloor0102033.1 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Vale of Clwyd 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 22.6 × 22.6 km

Surface
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Topographic map

Vale of Clwyd 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

Vale of Clwyd elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Vale of Clwyd weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 28 km/h W

Vale of Clwyd forecast for about 290 m.

  • Tonight6°–28 km/h W
  • Today7°14°12.9 mm56 km/h W
  • Sun6°10°0.5 mm58 km/h W
  • Mon8°12°6.2 mm35 km/h S
  • Tue9°12°4.1 mm42 km/h SW
  • Wed9°13°–23 km/h SW
  • Thu9°12°–17 km/h S
  • Fri9°12°9.3 mm23 km/h SE
  • Sat7°11°3.5 mm22 km/h W
  • Sun5°7°18.0 mm23 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 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vale of Clwyd

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.9 km WNW

    +2 more within 1.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Station House Caravan Park

    1.7 km NE · +2 more within 3.3 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Maes Elwy Caravan Park

    4.9 km NW · +2 more within 6.1 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.9 km WNW
Parking1.7 km NE
Station House Caravan ParkCampsite1.7 km NE
Parking1.8 km NE
Tyn Yr Eithin FarmCampsite2.3 km SW
Campsite3.3 km S
Maes Elwy Caravan ParkCaravan site4.9 km NW
Lyons Eryl Hall Caravan Park & Country ClubCaravan site6.0 km NW
Caerwys Castle Caravan ParkCaravan site6.1 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 22.6 × 22.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
89.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
10.6%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 511 km² view
Relief in view
549 m low point 7 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 69.6%Trees 23.8%Cropland 4.2%Built-up 1.8%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 11.3 km of Vale of Clwyd.

NESW5 km15 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Crest Mawr182 m 5.8 km NW
  2. 2Penycloddiau440 m 6.1 km NE
  3. 3Moel y Parc395 m 7.4 km NNE
  4. 4Moel-Y-Gaer258 m 8.6 km N
  5. 5Graig Tremeirchion180 m 8.7 km N
  6. 6Cefn Du268 m 9.4 km N
  7. 7Garreg Fawr175 m 10 km N
  8. 8Moel Maenefa287 m 11 km N
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 11.3 km; 776 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fly Agaric26
  • Early Purple Orchid24
  • Wood anemone23
  • Greater stitchwort23
  • Oak Eggar21
  • Common bilberry21
Where it sits

Where Vale of Clwyd sits

Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
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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 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
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
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia