Snowdon in North Wales is the UK’s most Instagrammable mountain and features in the top 10 best-rated peaks overall.

Holiday cottage company Sugar & Loaf reveals Snowdon is the most Instagrammable UK mountain, and Y Garn and Cader Idris are amongst the most ’loved’ peaks in the UK.

Having reviewed 120 mountains across the UK to collate the data, the results the top 10 most Instagrammable peaks are:

- Snowdon, North Wales (386,041+ hashtags)

- Beacon Hill, Mid Wales (266,989)

- Ben Nevis, Scottish Highlands (190,383)

- Pen Y Fan, South Wales (133,971)

- Ben Lomond, Scottish Highlands (93,833)

- Scafell Pike, Lake District (70,583)

- Helvellyn, Lake District (67,063)

- Kinder Scout, Peak District (54,672)

- Pendle Hill, Lancashire (45,026)

- Catbells, Lake District (44,253)

Great Gable in the Lake District was crowned ‘most loved’ mountain in the UK, based on reviews mentioning ’love’ or ’favourite’, with The Skirrid in South Wales and Helvellyn also in the Lake District also making the top three.

The top 10 most loved peaks are:

- Great Gable, Lake District

- The Skirrid, South Wales

- Helvellyn, Lake District

- Buachaille Etvie Mor, Scotland

- Y Garn, North Wales

- Ingleborough, Yorkshire

- Stiperstones, Shropshire

- Cader Idris, North Wales

- Kinder Scout, Peak District

- Kit Hill, Cornwall

Each peak was scored on a number of ranking factors, including the number of excellent/good TripAdvisor reviews, the percentage of family-friendly reviews, those which most featured words such as ‘love’ and ‘favourite’, and the number of Instagram hashtags for the location. The data was then ranked overall to reveal the top 10 peaks to visit in the UK, with Great Gable topping the charts once again:

- Great Gable, Lake District

- Helvellyn, Lake District

- Beacon Hill, Mid Wales

- Catbells, Lake District

- The Skirrid, South Wales

- Kinder Scout, Peak District

- Blencathra, Lake District

- Ingleborough, Yorkshire

- Pendle Hill, Lancashire

- Snowdon, North Wales

Shannon Keary, digital PR manager at Sugar & Loaf said: “2020 really opened up our eyes to the amazing places to visit we have right here in the UK.

"While we’re all raring to pack our bags and get out for an adventure as soon as we are able, we thought this research could help those in search of the best climbs in Britain to plan for the future.

“The data has been really fascinating to pull together, and it’s great to see that so many of our much-loved Welsh mountains, including Snowdon and Hope Mountain, have made the top 10s alongside so many other marvellous options.

"We hope that this will inspire more people than ever to experience the breathtaking sights on offer across the UK, particularly from the top of our peaks.”