Wales
Yr Allt West Top
516M
1693FT
About Yr Allt West Top
Set within the rolling moorland of Central Wales, this grassy summit overlooks the expansive Severn Valley near Newtown. Part of a landscape defined by quiet sheep pastures and ancient trackways, it offers a tranquil vantage point with a characteristically soft, rounded profile typical of the Montgomeryshire hills.
Key Statistics
Rank
500th Highest in Wales
Parent Range
Central Wales
Prominence
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22m
Nearest Town
Little London
Geology
Silurian Grits and Shales
Classifications
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OS Grid Reference
SO047863
Latitude
52.4663°N
Longitude
3.4042°W
Did You Know?
- •The name 'Yr Allt' is a common Welsh topographical term meaning 'The Hill' or 'The Wooded Slope,' often used to describe a prominent rise or hillside above a valley.
- •From this vantage point, the view extends north across the broad vale of the River Severn toward the distinctive, long-backed profile of the Long Mynd over the border in Shropshire.
- •The hill is situated just north of the Kerry Ridgeway, a prehistoric ridgeway and ancient drovers' road that has been used for millennia to move livestock between Wales and the English markets.