Abergavenny sits in a bowl of hills where the Usk valley opens out towards England. Three mountains stand over the town, the Sugar Loaf, the Blorenge and the Skirrid, and each can be climbed and come down again in a morning.
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Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
Five-star family-run park on the River Usk between Usk and Abergavenny, with an adults-only area and fishing from the site.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
Family-run farm site two miles from Abergavenny, with level grass pitches, electric hook-ups and two modern washblocks. Dogs free.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
A stunning luxury stone cottage for two with a hot tub, in the grounds of a former vicarage near Abergavenny. Dog-friendly.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
Glamping pod just over a mile from Abergavenny with a hot tub, a terrace and mountain views.
Abergavenny, South Wales
A charming 4-star romantic holiday lodge in the countryside near Abergavenny, sleeping 2 — a unique escape for couples. Dog-friendly.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
A characterful stone cottage at Llanthony near Abergavenny, sleeping 6 across three bedrooms, with an open fire.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
Shepherd’s huts near Abergavenny with private bathrooms, walk-in showers and a hot tub.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
A 5-star converted stone barn near Abergavenny in the Brecon Beacons, sleeping 10 across five en-suite bedrooms, with a private hot tub and log burner. Dogs…
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
A 5-star romantic stone barn for two near Abergavenny in the Black Mountains, with a log burner, underfloor heating and stunning valley views.
Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons
A 5-star single-storey holiday cottage at the foot of the Skirrid near Abergavenny, sleeping four, with a private hot tub, a woodburner, wheelchair access and stunning…
What the town is known for now is food. There has been a market here since the Middle Ages and it still runs several days a week.
There is a Norman castle with a museum in the grounds, and trains from Newport to Hereford stop ten minutes' walk from the market hall.
The food festival began with two farmers and a crisis. In 1999 Chris Wardle and Martin Orbach set out to get people buying British meat again after the mad cow disease scare, and filled the market hall with thirty-nine stalls.
It takes over the whole town for a weekend every September now, and it is the biggest of its kind in Wales. In 2026 it falls on 19 and 20 September, with over sixty events and more than a hundred and twenty producers.
The market itself is the reason to come the rest of the year. The hall holds a general market on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, a flea market on Wednesday, and a farmers' market on the fourth Thursday of the month.
The castle has a darker story. At Christmas in 1175 its Norman lord, William de Braose, invited the leading Welshmen of the district to a feast. He had them disarmed at the door and killed in his own hall.
The Sugar Loaf is the climb most people make, at 596 metres, a steady pull through oak wood and bracken onto a bare ridge. You can see it from the main street, which is how most people decide to go up it.
From the top there are the Black Mountains behind you and the Bristol Channel away to the south. The Blorenge is the one on the far side of the valley, with the canal running along its hillside.
The Skirrid is the odd one out and the smallest of the three at 486 metres. Its whole western flank slipped away long ago, and you can still walk up to the ruins of a chapel on the top.
This is the easiest of the three towns to reach without a car, because Abergavenny sits on the railway between Newport and Hereford. From here you can walk out to all three hills without driving at all.
The three hills stand round the town within a couple of miles of the main street, and the canal runs along the hillside above it. Crickhowell is six miles up the Usk, with Brecon fourteen miles further on. This is the one town in the park on the railway, so it suits a week without a car. See the rest of the Brecon Beacons.
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