THE BRECON

BEACONS
NATIONAL PARK
It is one of three
Welsh national parks.
It stretches from
Llandeilo in the west
to Hay-on-Wye in the
northeast and
Pontypool in the
southeast, covering
519 square miles.
It includes the Black
Mountain in the
west, Fforest Fawr
and the Brecon
Beacons in the centre
and the Black
Mountains in the east.

The Brecon Beacons

National Park was
established in 1957.
The landscape of the
Brecon Beacons has
recently been
officially recognised
as one of the most
important geological
areas in Europe. In
October 2005, the
Fforest Fawr
Geopark within the
National Park was
awarded membership
of the highly
prestigious European
Geopark Network
and given UNESCO
Global Geopark
recognition.
 Lakes and Rivers
It is the birthplace of extraordinarily beautiful lakes,
waterfalls, wonderful rivers.
Water is a living, moving part of the Brecon Beacons
landscape. It shapes its hills and valleys, gives life to flora
and fauna, freshens the air and creates wide open spaces
to enjoy.
Lake Llangorse

East of Brecon, between the

Central Beacons and the Black
Mountains, is the largest natural
lake in Wales, Llangorse Lake.
Like the mountain lakes, it lies in
a hollow formed by glacial
action, but at 154m above sea
level, it’s far more accessible.
Lake Llyn Talybont Valley
 Flora and Fauna
The National Park is full of
wonderful reserves, woodlands
and grasslands where you can
enjoy the wonders of nature,
animals and flowers, birds and
trees.
Most of the park - moorland,
mountain ranges and pastures
grassy mountain sheep and
ponies. There are 3 million
people in Wales and 15 million
sheep in spring and summer.
The Brecon-Beacons is also
home to about 2000 wild
ponies. No longer needed to
work in the coal mines, the
ponies are left to graze in the
moorlands and keep the grass
under control.
 The Brecon Beacons
National Park in
South Wales is one of
the most exciting and
varied caving areas in
Britain. The Geopark
includes four of the
five longest limestone
cave systems in
Britain.
The caves and
caverns have been
quietly forming for
thousands of years,
underground and out
of sight.
Visitors from all over
the world come to the
southwest section of
the Brecon Beacons
National Park to
explore these
amazing spaces and
Caves and feel the
discovery.
thrill of

Caverns
 PEOPLE HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE BRECON
BEACONS FOR NEARLY 8000 YEARS. WITH EACH
PASSING CENTURY, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HAVE
LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE LANDSCAPE. TOGETHER,
ITS MONUMENTS, SETTLEMENTS, CHURCHES,
CASTLES, CANALS, INDUSTRIAL SITES AND MUSEUMS
SPEAK OF TIMES GONE BY.