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Mountain

Pen yr Ole Wen

Located in Capel Curig, Conwy Coordinates: 53°08′16″ N 4°00′38″ W

Map showing the location of Pen yr Ole Wen Pen yr Ole Wen
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
978 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Pont Pen - y - benglog
1.7 km SW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport81 km
IOM Isle of Man Airport113 km

About Pen yr Ole Wen

Pen yr Ole Wen is a mountain. Location: Capel Curig, Conwy. Elevation: 978 m. The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (81 km). Nearby sights include Carnedd Dafydd and Tryfan Far South Peak.

Climate of Pen yr Ole Wen

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 177 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -3°)
Wettest month
November (177 mm)
Driest month
May (88 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 Pen yr Ole Wen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°4°6°10°12°14°14°11°8°5°3°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°-2°-1°2°4°6°6°4°2°-1°-2°
Precipitation (mm)15711613996889497115131161177168

How to get to Pen yr Ole Wen

The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 81 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Birkenhead, 72 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 81 kmeast
  • Isle of Man Airport (IOM) Castletown, Rushen 113 kmnorth
  • Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 118 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Birkenhead Population: 325.3K 72 kmnortheast
  • Liverpool Population: 496.8K 75 kmnortheast
  • St Helens Population: 183.2K 92 kmnortheast
  • Blackpool Population: 145K 99 kmnortheast
  • Warrington Population: 172.3K 100 kmeast

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

Day trips from Pen yr Ole Wen

Within 100 km: 385 historic and cultural sites, 1,615 natural sites, 162 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km357 places

  • Ynys Tywyn Island 25 kmS
  • Puffin Island Island 20 kmN
  • Gored Gôch Island 15 kmNW
  • Ynys Dol-lleian Island 16 kmS

25–60 km767 places

  • Anglesey Island 27 kmNW
  • Whistling Sands Beach 59 kmSW
  • Traeth Penllech Beach 53 kmSW
  • Porth Towyn Beach Beach 49 kmSW

60–100 km1,038 places

  • British Isles Island 96 kmN
  • Thurstaston Beach Beach 62 kmE
  • Formby Beach Beach 77 kmNE
  • Ainsdale Beach Beach 82 kmNE

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