Mountain

Penylan

Located in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 51°54′47″ N 4°06′16″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 179 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Pantglas Hall; 0.4 km W
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport78 km; BRS Bristol Airport113 km

About Penylan

Penylan is a mountain. Location: Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire. Elevation: 179 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Pen-y-banc and Parc.

Photos of Penylan

Dryslwyn Castle Natasha de Vere & Col Ford · CC BY 2.0
Dinefwr Castle Andrew Bone from Weymouth, England · CC BY 2.0

Climate of Penylan

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 148 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: November (148 mm)
Driest month: May (72 mm)

7° 2°

9° 3°

11° 4°

14° 7°

17° 10°

19° 12°

16° 10°

13° 8°

10° 5°

8° 3°

Jan

137

Feb

Mar

106

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

100

Sep

109

Oct

135

Nov

148

Dec

143

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 Penylan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	11°	14°	17°	19°	19°	16°	13°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	4°	7°	10°	12°	12°	10°	8°	5°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	137	97	106	77	72	82	82	100	109	135	148	143

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Penylan

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 78 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 34 km to the south.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 78 kmsoutheast
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 113 kmsoutheast
Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 140 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Swansea Population: 300.4K 34 kmsouth
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 80 kmsoutheast
Newport Population: 161.5K 85 kmsoutheast
Bristol Population: 479K 116 kmsoutheast
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 128 kmeast

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

Day trips from Penylan

Within 100 km: 782 historic and cultural sites, 2,011 natural sites, 179 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km286 places

Ynys Isaf Island 14 kmSW
Trichrug Mountain 15 kmE
Mynydd Pen-bre Mountain 23 kmS
Moelfre Mountain 25 kmNW

25–60 km947 places

Poppit Sands Beach 46 kmNW
Manorbier Beach Beach 57 kmSW
Mwnt beach Beach 44 kmNW
Tresaith Beach Beach 38 kmNW

60–100 km1,739 places

St Justinian Natural site 83 kmW
Porth Clais Natural site 81 kmW
Port Selau Natural site 83 kmW
Saunton Sands Beach 91 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Pantglas Hall Village, Llanfynydd
0.4 km W
Llanfynydd Village, Llanfynydd
1.7 km N
Court Henry Village, Llanegwad
2.8 km S
Llanegwad Municipality, Carmarthenshire
3.1 km W
Capel Isaac Village, Manordeilo and Salem
3.2 km E
Llangathen Municipality, Carmarthenshire
3.6 km SE

Penylan

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Pen-y-banc Mountain, Llanfynydd
1.9 km E
Parc Mountain, Llanfynydd
2.7 km N
Allt Cwm-Perrot Mountain, Llanegwad
3.8 km W
Llethrau Lletty'r-gofid Mountain, Llanegwad
4 km SW
Pen Blaen-Goleu Mountain, Llanegwad
4.5 km NW
Allt Dan-ty-mawr Mountain, Llanegwad
4.5 km SW
Pen Ffynnon-Deilo Mountain, Manordeilo and Salem
4.6 km NE
Bryn Castell-gwrychion Mountain, Llangathen
4.7 km SE

Penylan

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026