The Boys' Brigade Mountaineering Club

Strictly speaking, only mountains in Scotland can be classified as Munros. But the Scottish Mountaineering Club, who publish Munro's Tables, have created a separate list of mountains above 3,000 ft in England, Wales and Ireland and call them Furths, because they are furth (outside) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths, 15 of which are in Wales. These are also more commonly known as the Welsh 3000s and sometimes even as the Welsh Munros. One of the great challenge walks in Wales is to visit the summits of all the Welsh 3000s in a single unassisted walk within 24 hours. It is known as the Welsh 3000s Challenge.

We have produced indvidual web pages for each of the Welsh 3000s. These pages display a brief description of the mountain, an embedded interactive 360° summit panorama, links to the mountain's entry in the Wikipedia and Walk Highlands websites and a link to Google Earth, where the mountain can be viewed from above. They also provide interpretations of and a discussion about the mountain's name.

Click on Welsh 3000s List to select a mountain from a searchable list or from an interactive Welsh 3000s Map to select a mountain from a map. Please let us know if you find any mistakes!

Hewitts (Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet - the acronym doesn't quite work!) are mountains above 2,000 ft with a prominence over 30m. There are currently 524 Hewitts (but they do include Irish mountains - the total for England and Wales is 315), of which 135 are in Wales. We hope, one day, to be able to dynamically generate a web page for each of the Hewitts, as we have done for the Munros.

Nuttalls are mountains above 2,000 ft with a prominence over 15m. There are currently 446 Hewitts (but they do include Irish mountains - the total for England and Wales is 315), of which 189 are in Wales. The Mountains of England and Wales - Volume 1 Wales describes each of the mountains in conjunction with routes and also provides interpretions of their names.

Marylyns (the name is a pun to contrast them with Munros) have ho height criteria, but do have prominence criteria of 150m. So. they can be relatively small hills. There are currently 2,010 Marilyns in the British Isles, but some of them are sea stacks! There are currenyly 159 Marilyns in Wales.

Google Maps have also filmed some walking routes on some Welsh hills for Street View. Details of how to do these virtual hill walks can be found on our Virtual Hill Walks - Wales page.