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The Brecon Beacons is a national park in south Wales, also called Bannau Brycheiniog in Welsh. Its five hundred square miles of green, flat-topped hills are an hour up the road from Cardiff. Waterfalls fill the wooded gorges of the south-west corner, and the long ridges of the Black Mountains run along the eastern edge. Accommodation in the Brecon Beacons puts hill walks, waterfalls and ridges within reach.
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Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon Beacons
A 4-star eco farm barn at the head of Talybont Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons, sleeping 10 across four bedrooms, with hydro power, mountain paths and…
Crickhowell, Brecon Beacons
A characterful 4-star cottage at Llangynidr, near Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons, sleeping 8, with open-plan living and a wood burner. Dogs welcome.
Merthyr Tydfil, Brecon Beacons
A 4-star guest house on the bank of Llwyn-on reservoir in the Brecon Beacons, with stunning views, near Pen y Fan and BikePark Wales.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
Family-run farm site two miles from Abergavenny, with level grass pitches, electric hook-ups and two modern washblocks. Dogs free.
Brecon, Brecon Beacons
Farm park at Llyswen near Brecon with electric and water on every pitch, an award-winning heated washblock and safari tents.
Talgarth, Brecon Beacons
A 4-star converted farm cottage on Trefecca Farm near Talgarth in the Brecon Beacons, sleeping 7, with oak beams and accessible ground-floor accommodation.
Brecon, Brecon Beacons
Touring and camping park on the Hay Road at Brecon with its own heated outdoor swimming pool and a play park. Open March to October.
Brecon, Brecon Beacons
A Georgian townhouse on Watton in Brecon with nine en-suite rooms, a wood burner and an honesty bar of local beers.
Brecon, Brecon Beacons
A 5-star boutique bed and breakfast in the heart of Brecon, with six individually styled en-suite rooms — a luxurious base for the Brecon Beacons National…
Brecon, Brecon Beacons
An iconic hotel on the site of a Norman castle in Brecon, blending historic charm with modern comfort and panoramic views.
Any one of the three towns is a base for the others. Brecon to Crickhowell is fourteen miles along the A40, and Crickhowell to Abergavenny another six. The car park at the foot of Pen y Fan is eight miles from Brecon. If the mountain is why you are coming, look at Brecon first. You can arrive by train at Abergavenny, the only one of the three with a railway station.
There is a granite obelisk on the ridge below Corn Du, the summit next to Pen y Fan. Most people walking up from their Brecon Beacons accommodation still go straight past it.
On 4 August 1900 a miner from Maerdy, a mining village thirty miles south, brought his five-year-old son Tommy to a farm under Pen y Fan. It belonged to the boy’s grandparents. Tommy ran on ahead and never arrived. His family and the soldiers camped nearby searched for twenty-nine days.
Then a woman living north of Brecon dreamed of the spot. She and her husband went up and found the boy’s body. He had climbed thirteen hundred feet, and nobody has ever explained how. The jurors at the inquest gave their fees to a memorial fund, and the obelisk went up in 1901.
It is still there as a reminder. From Brecon Beacons accommodation, Pen y Fan looks like an afternoon out on a clear morning. That is how the weather catches people out, so take a coat and a forecast.
Not everything here needs boots. Each of the three towns is worth a morning on its own. See the market hall at Abergavenny, the high street at Crickhowell, and the cathedral above the streets at Brecon. Llangorse Lake, just east of Brecon, is for paddling and fishing. The canal towpath out of Brecon is flat enough for a bike.
In the south-west corner you can walk from waterfall to waterfall near Ystradfellte. The National Showcaves Centre at Abercraf has caves to walk through.
Brecon sits under Pen y Fan, Crickhowell under the Black Mountains, and Abergavenny at the eastern gate, the one with a railway station. Cardiff is about an hour up the A470 and Birmingham about two and a half. Book direct with the owner where you can. You can also search across Wales.
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