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Mountain

Fforest

Located in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 52°02′20″ N 3°47′00″ W

Map showing the location of Fforest Fforest
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
341 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Llandovery
5.1 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
CWL Cardiff International Airport78 km
BRS Bristol Airport104 km

About Fforest

Fforest is a mountain. Location: Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. Elevation: 341 m. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Pen-y-gaer and Fforest SW Top.

Climate of Fforest

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 182 mm

Hottest month
July (day 18°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (188 mm)
Driest month
May (86 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Fforest
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°5°7°10°13°16°18°18°15°12°8°7°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)18212713998869692116131162182188

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Fforest

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 78 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 48 km to the south.

Airports

  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 78 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 104 kmsoutheast
  • Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 146 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Swansea Population: 300.4K 48 kmsouth
  • Newport Population: 161.5K 74 kmsoutheast
  • Cardiff Population: 372.1K 75 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Population: 479K 105 kmsoutheast
  • Gloucester Population: 132.4K 108 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Fforest

Within 100 km: 950 historic and cultural sites, 2,421 natural sites, 180 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km324 places

  • Trichrug Mountain 18 kmSW
  • Mynydd Llanybyther Mountain 24 kmW
  • Garn Gron Mountain 22 kmN
  • Bryn Garw Mountain 22 kmN

25–60 km1,328 places

  • Mwnt beach Beach 60 kmW
  • Tresaith Beach Beach 51 kmW
  • Llangrannog's Beach Beach 49 kmW
  • Ynys Lochtyn Island 49 kmW

60–100 km1,899 places

  • Poppit Sands Beach 63 kmW
  • Manorbier Beach Beach 83 kmSW
  • Broad Haven South Beach Beach 92 kmSW
  • Worms Head Island 65 kmSW

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