Mountain

Pen Fforest

Located in Llanedi, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 51°43′55″ N 4°03′35″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 142 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Pontarddulais; 2.5 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport62 km; BRS Bristol Airport101 km

About Pen Fforest

Pen Fforest is a mountain. Location: Llanedi, Carmarthenshire. Elevation: 142 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Tal-y-fan and Pen Goitre.

Photos of Pen Fforest

Loughor Castle Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Pen Fforest

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 139 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: November (139 mm)
Driest month: May (68 mm)

7° 2°

9° 3°

12° 5°

15° 7°

17° 10°

19° 12°

17° 10°

14° 8°

10° 5°

8° 4°

Jan

128

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

104

Oct

126

Nov

139

Dec

133

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 Pen Fforest
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	12°	15°	17°	19°	19°	17°	14°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	5°	7°	10°	12°	12°	10°	8°	5°	4°
Precipitation (mm)	128	90	97	73	68	77	76	95	104	126	139	133

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Pen Fforest

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 62 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 15 km to the southeast.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 62 kmsoutheast
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 101 kmeast
Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 120 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Swansea Population: 300.4K 15 kmsoutheast
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 67 kmsoutheast
Newport Population: 161.5K 75 kmeast
Bristol Population: 479K 106 kmeast
Exeter Population: 130.7K 118 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Pen Fforest

Within 100 km: 749 historic and cultural sites, 1,893 natural sites, 191 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km256 places

Ynys Isaf Island 14 kmNW
Middle Head Island 19 kmS
Trichrug Mountain 21 kmNE
Mynydd Pen-bre Mountain 11 kmW

25–60 km865 places

Manorbier Beach Beach 52 kmW
Tresaith Beach Beach 55 kmNW
Llangrannog's Beach Beach 55 kmNW
Ynys Lochtyn Island 56 kmNW

60–100 km1,712 places

St Justinian Natural site 88 kmW
Porth Clais Natural site 86 kmW
Port Selau Natural site 88 kmW
Poppit Sands Beach 60 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Pontarddulais Town, Pontardulais
2.5 km SE
Sardis Village, Llanedi
0.5 km NE
Fforest Village, Llanedi
1.2 km S
Llanedy Village, Llanedi
1.7 km NE
Hendy Village, Llanedi
2 km S
Tycroes Village, Llanedi
5.8 km NE

Pen Fforest

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Tal-y-fan Mountain, Pontardulais
1.3 km E
Pen Goitre Mountain, Llangennech
2.3 km W
Pentre-hardd Mountain, Llanedi
2.4 km NE
Pen Tyreglwys Mountain, Llangennech
2.6 km SW
Pen-crug-uchaf Mountain, Llanedi
3.5 km N
Hendy Castle Historic site, Llanedi
2.5 km S
Pen Cornhwrdd Mountain, Llangennech
4.3 km SW
Bank Llwyndomen Historic site, Llanedi
2.5 km S

Pen Fforest

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026