Each year millions of visitors enjoy the vast and varied landscape which acts like a magnet to those who want to take advantage of the wide range of exhilarating activities on offer in the Brecon Beacons National Park.  If you enjoy walking then there can be no better place to visit - 1242 miles of public paths over 520 square miles of spectacular scenery.  Just about every activity you can imagine is catered for in the Park and it is all waiting for you.

WALKING CAVING SAILING FISHING GLIDING GOLF CYCLING SAILING

PONY TREKKING HANG GLIDING WINDSURFING PARAGLIDING CANAL BOATING CLIMBING CANOEING

Facts about The Brecon Beacons National Park

  • Highest Point: Pen-y-Fan - 886m (2907ft)
  • Tallest Waterfall: At Henryhd falls the River Llech plunges down 27m (90ft)
  • Number of inhabitants: 32,000
  • The two main rivers are the Usk and the Wye
  • The other two rivers feed the cascading falls that flow into numerous reservoirs within the Park and the largest natural lake in South Wales - Llangorse Lake

    • Historic Sites and Attractions

  • Brecknock Museum
  • Brecon Cathedral & Heritage Centre
  • Brecon Jazz Festival
  • Brecon Mountain Railway
  • Bronllys Castle
  • Carreg Cennen (13th century castle)
  • Dan Yr Ogof Showcaves
  • Hamilton House (Regency Town House)
  • Llanthony Priory
  • Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal (dragonfly canal boat trips)
  • National Park Visitor Centre
  • South Wales Borderers Museum

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