Mountain

Gaer Lwyd

Located in Penbryn, Ceredigion Coordinates: 52°08′41″ N 4°29′10″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 155 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Penbryn; 0.6 km SW
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport115 km; BRS Bristol Airport149 km

About Gaer Lwyd

Gaer Lwyd is a mountain. Location: Penbryn, Ceredigion. Elevation: 155 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (115 km). Nearby sights include Llangrannog's Beach and Pen Llangrannog.

Photos of Gaer Lwyd

Pencribach Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Gaer Lwyd

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: August (day 18°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: November (139 mm)
Driest month: May (71 mm)

7° 3°

7° 2°

9° 4°

11° 4°

14° 7°

16° 10°

18° 12°

16° 10°

13° 8°

10° 5°

8° 4°

Jan

127

Feb

Mar

100

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

104

Oct

130

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 Gaer Lwyd
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	11°	14°	16°	18°	18°	16°	13°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	3°	2°	4°	4°	7°	10°	12°	12°	10°	8°	5°	4°
Precipitation (mm)	127	91	100	73	71	81	79	99	104	130	139	133

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Gaer Lwyd

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 115 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 69 km to the southeast.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 115 kmsoutheast
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 149 kmsoutheast
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 172 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Swansea Population: 300.4K 69 kmsoutheast
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 117 kmsoutheast
Newport Population: 161.5K 120 kmsoutheast
Telford Population: 155.6K 151 kmnortheast
Bristol Population: 479K 151 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Gaer Lwyd

Within 100 km: 485 historic and cultural sites, 1,864 natural sites, 169 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km141 places

Poppit Sands Beach 15 kmW
Mwnt beach Beach 11 kmW
Tresaith Beach Beach 2 kmSW
Llangrannog's Beach Beach 2 kmNE

25–60 km789 places

Caldey Island Island 58 kmS
Saint Margaret’s Island Island 58 kmS
Ynys Meicel Island 42 kmW
Gewni Island 58 kmSW

60–100 km1,588 places

St Justinian Natural site 64 kmSW
Porth Clais Natural site 63 kmSW
Port Selau Natural site 63 kmSW
Manorbier Beach Beach 60 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Penbryn Village, Penbryn
0.6 km SW
Penmorfa Village, Penbryn
0.8 km SE
Tresaith Village, Penbryn
2.2 km SW
Sarnau Village, Penbryn
1.8 km SE
Aberporth Village, Aberporth
4 km W
Llangrannog Village, Llangrannog
2 km NE

Gaer Lwyd

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Llangrannog's Beach Beach, Llangrannog
2 km NE
Pen Llangrannog Mountain, Llangrannog
2.8 km NE
Tresaith Beach Beach, Penbryn
2.4 km SW
North Fawr Hill Mountain, Penbryn
3.1 km SE
Gaer Pwntan Mountain, Penbryn
3.3 km S
Ynys Lochtyn Island, Llangrannog
3.4 km NE
Cribach Bay Natural site, Ceredigion
4.7 km W
Bryn-teg Mountain, Penbryn
5 km E

Gaer Lwyd

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026