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Mountain

Pen y Banc

Located in Llanidloes Without, Powys Coordinates: 52°26′56″ N 3°33′44″ W

Map showing the location of Pen y Banc Pen y Banc
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
312 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Llanidloes
1.5 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport110 km
CWL Cardiff International Airport118 km

About Pen y Banc

Pen y Banc is a mountain. Location: Llanidloes Without, Powys. Elevation: 312 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (110 km). Nearby sights include Afon Clywedog and Cefn Penarth.

Climate of Pen y Banc

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 181 mm

Hottest month
July (day 19°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (195 mm)
Driest month
May (83 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 y Banc
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°10°14°16°19°18°15°12°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°0°2°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)18913014599839589114128158181195

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Pen y Banc

The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 110 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Telford, 80 km to the east.

Airports

  • Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 110 kmnortheast
  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 118 kmsouth
  • Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 123 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Telford Population: 155.6K 80 kmeast
  • Worcester Population: 101.7K 96 kmeast
  • Swansea Population: 300.4K 96 kmsouth
  • Wolverhampton Population: 263.7K 99 kmeast
  • Dudley Population: 199.1K 101 kmeast

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

Day trips from Pen y Banc

Within 100 km: 913 historic and cultural sites, 2,773 natural sites, 194 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km418 places

  • Pen-y-gareg Reservoir Lake 17 kmS
  • Gareg-ddu Reservoir Lake 20 kmS
  • Dol-y-mynach Reservoir Lake 24 kmS
  • Craig-yr-allt gôch Reservoir Lake 15 kmS

25–60 km1,602 places

  • Ynys Goediog Island 56 kmN
  • Lake Vyrnwy Lake 39 kmN
  • Bala Lake Lake 49 kmN
  • Llyn Mwyngi Lake 34 kmNW

60–100 km1,860 places

  • Poppit Sands Beach 86 kmSW
  • Mwnt beach Beach 81 kmSW
  • Tresaith Beach Beach 74 kmSW
  • Llangrannog's Beach Beach 70 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Llanidloes Village, Llanidloes
    1.5 km E
  • Glan-y-nant Village, Llanidloes Without
    0.7 km W
  • Felindre Neighbourhood, Llangurig
    0.8 km SE
  • Llanidloes Municipality, Powys
    1.4 km E
  • Van Village, Llanidloes Without
    2.1 km NE
  • Y Fan Village, Llanidloes Without
    3.3 km N

Nearby attractions & nature

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