Brecon Beacons View
The Brecon Beacons National Park was designated in 1957. It was the last of the three Welsh parks to be designated. The others are Snowdonia and the Pembrokeshire Coast. Brecon Beacons Walks are very popular with visitors and locals alike.
It covers 519 square miles and stretches from Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the east. It covers the Black Mountains on the east, the Black Mountain in the west, the Brecon Beacons themselves south of Brecon, and
Fforest Fawr (Great Forest) from west of the Brecon Beacons to the Black Mountain.
Most of the national park is moorland. There are many forestry plantations with farms and lowland grazing in the valleys. Most of these areas are open for Brecon Beacons Walks.
Walking in the Brecon Beacons
The Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre was opened in 1966 and is located south of Brecon. Its aim is to help visitors and tourists to interpret the area.
Views from the Brecon Beacons are extensive and range from the South Wales valleys almost to the coast, the mountains of Mid Wales, the border areas and West Wales.
There are great circular walks to be had right across the Brecon Beacons mountains. Check the map for suitable parking places and footpaths or bridleways that give access to the common land, and from there you can plot a course across the mountains and back to the starting point.
