Brecon Beacons
A stunning landscape of sculpted peaks, majestic wildlife, soaring views and more waterfalls than your camera can handle
THE BRECON BEACONS is a landscape of such beauty, it feels as though it was designed by an architect rather than the violent forces of nature. Underpinned by thick layers of sandstone, the National Park is made up of four unique mountain ranges; with a vast ocean of triangular, flat-topped summits, serrated cliff faces and long snaking ridgelines towering above luscious green and wooded valleys.
They’re high, too, those mountains, with Pen y Fan’s shapely summit scraping the sky at almost 900m. You won’t find exposure or endless pockets of wilderness here, but what you will find is a labyrinth of paths and trails crisscrossing the high peaks, burrowing deep into the valleys, winding through the woodlands, and delivering you directly to each and every one of those mind-bogglingly beautiful waterfalls.
For peak baggers, Pen y Fan, Cribyn and Corn Du can all be walked in a wonderful horseshoe just south of the town of Brecon; while the shapely little Sugar Loaf hill that towers above Abergavenny is an easy walk with a scrambly summit perfect for young explorers and families. To the north-east the Offa’s Dyke Path runs along the edge of
the Black Mountains towards Hay-on-Wye, a fabulous town on the England-Wales border famous for its second-hand book shops. While to the west, the meandering ridgeline of Bannau Si Gaer and the Carmarthen Fans offers a high-level walk above two pristine mountain lakes. So if you want adventure, wildlife, peaks, lakes, waterfalls, or just a ruddy good walk, go to the Brecon Beacons. There’s nowhere else quite like it in Britain.
If you want adventure, wildlife, peaks, lakes, waterfalls, or just a ruddy good walk, go to the Brecon Beacons