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- Visit the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum. The Royal Welsh Regimental Museum is a great place to learn about Wales’ involvement in the British Army through its various regiments that were eventually amalgamated to form the Royal Welsh Regiment.
- Have a bite to eat inside Brecon Cathedral. Brecon Cathedral is a Grade I listed building and was built on the orders Bernard de Neufmarché, the Norman knight, around 1093.
- Explore Brecknock Museum. This is probably my favourite museum in Mid-Wales, not least because it’s huge and free. Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery houses various collections that delve into the history of Breconshire, one of the former counties in Wales that was governed from Brecon.
- Enjoy a performance at Theatr Brycheiniog. Theatr Brycheiniog opened in 1997 as the first wholly Lottery funded new build arts organisation in the UK.
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- Are The Brecon Beacons Worth Visiting?
- Driving from England to Wales
- Ultimate Brecon Beacons 3-Day Itinerary Including Directions
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Absolutely! You can discover ancient ruins, charming villages, fabulous hiking trails, dazzling waterfalls and the mighty Pen-Y-Fan mountain.What more could you want? The National Park is one of the UK’s most beautiful areas and covers 519 square miles of lush unspoilt Welsh countryside. It consists of four main areas: Black Mountain in the west, F...
Driving times will always vary according to traffic and weather conditions and, of course, the dreaded roadworks that always seem to be on the route you want to use! We left home at 10 am from Surrey in England and crossed the Severn Bridge into Wales at 2 pm, a total of 4 hours driving. From that point, it took us until around 5 pm to reach our ho...
Please note that even though the driving times between locations may seem long, the scenery is stunning, so every journey is delightful.
Castell Coch
Driving for 30 miles into Wales after crossing the Severn Bridge from England will bring you to one of Wales’s fairytale castles. Castell Coch (meaning red castle) is a turreted Gothic revival castle built in Victorian times as an elaborate folly to showcase the wealth and imagination of its owner, the Third Marquess of Bute.
Henryd Falls
Also known as the waterfall used in the Batman film “The Dark Knight”, this is the tallest waterfall in South Wales with a drop of 90 feet. Henryd Falls is one of several Brecon Beacons waterfalls in the area, giving it the nickname “Waterfall Country”. You will hear the intense thundering of the water before you see the waterfall. A bonus is that you can walk behind this waterfall which is fun but will get you very wet; bring a change of clothes! Walking down is quite slippery even with prop...
Black Mountain Quarries
Our first taste of the enormity of the Brecons was the Black Mountain Quarries, a large area of abandoned limestone quarries. We drove towards Llangadog on the A4069 to our accommodation in Llandeilo and were stunned at the landscape’s natural beauty. A brief stop and walk near the car park allowed us to breathe in the fresh Welsh air and take in the seemingly never-ending views. This was a great start to our trip, and I would love to return to the Black Mountains and explore them longer. Vis...
Lyn Brianne Dam and Reservoir
Lyn Brianne Dam and reservoir, just outside Llandewi Brefi, is in a beautiful setting and is an engineering masterpiece. The drive to it through the Welsh country lanes is pretty, but there aren’t any signposts for the reservoir, so to make it easy for you, here is the postcode Llandovery SA20 0PG. If you are lucky, you will see the dam in full force, spilling water over and down the sluice. On our visit, the water level in the reservoir wasn’t high enough, so we only got to see the hydroelec...
Abergwesyn Common
Leaving Lyn Brianne Dam, don’t exit onto the road you arrived on; instead, take the road up to your left and prepare for the most breathtaking scenery you could imagine. The road takes you around the rim of the reservoir to Abergwesyn Common. On the way, several car parks enable you to admire the view back across the reservoir or go for one of several Brecon Beacon walks in this area. The 16,500-acre Abergwesyn Common is visually stunning and was bought with donations from local people and ch...
Llanwrtyd Wells
We stopped in Llanwrtyd Wells, Britain’s smallest town, gasping for a coffee. Caffi Sosban housed in a former bank (check the original vault door downstairs), was our salvation. We sat in the small patio garden overlooking the River Irfon to enjoy our refreshments. The town is home to the world bog snorkelling championships (I kid you not!) but also has a few places to eat and drink if you are looking for something more than a coffee.
Llandeilo is a pretty Welsh town with pastel-coloured houses and cute independent shops, and we wanted to check it out as we were only staying down the road. Unfortunately, as it was a Sunday, we found all the shops were closed, apart from the cafe, which seemed to have attracted the entire town! Nevertheless, we wandered down to the stone bridge t...
After our 3-nights in the Brecon Beacons, we checked out and started our drive to Pembrokeshire for the second leg of our holiday in Wales. We made a few stops on the way, but Talley Abbey was the last one in the Brecon Beacons.
Jun 26, 2021 · 5. Abergavenny. Abergavenny castle (Shutterstock) The River Usk flows 9.5km south of Crickhowell to Abergavenny, which is on the south east outskirts of Brecon Beacons National Park. The town is known for its lively food festival, held every September, which attracts national chefs such as Jose Pizarro and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Dec 21, 2023 · How many days to spend in the Brecon Beacons depends on what you want to achieve during your stay and how far you are travelling to get there. With one day in the Brecon Beacons, you can explore the main town of Brecon, head out into the hills on a hike of your choice then settle in beside the fire at a local pub to enjoy a traditional Welsh ...
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Top things to do in Brecon. Glassblowers, museums, a cathedral – plus there’s all that stunning countryside to tramp about in. Punch Maughan, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) Tourism Ambassador, takes us on a tour through the best bits of Brecon. Brecon is a bustling market town right at the top edge of the glorious Bannau Brycheiniog ...
