Wales · National park
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
Four ranges of flat-topped sandstone hills, waterfall country, and a dark-sky reserve an hour from Cardiff.
The Bannau run east to west across south Wales in four ranges: the Black Mountains, the central Beacons with Pen y Fan, Fforest Fawr with its waterfalls, and the Black Mountain in the west. The summits are flat, grassy and steep-sided, the walking is quick, and the whole park is an International Dark Sky Reserve.
Brecon, Crickhowell, Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye are the bases, and Merthyr Tydfil puts Pen y Fan within reach by train and bus.
- Highest point
- Pen y Fan, 886 m
- Area
- 1,344 km²
- Designated
- 1957
- Walks mapped
- 24
24 walks
Hard
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New
Table Mountain and Pen Cerrig-calch from Crickhowell
Crickhowell
15.2 km · 730 m · 4.5–6.5 h
