Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons

Name: Glanusk Park
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#80 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

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Glanusk Park is a country estate in Wales, United Kingdom, situated near the town of Crickhowell, Powys and was established in 1826 by ironmaster Sir Joseph Bailey. The park features in the hereditary title Baron Glanusk which was given to Sir Joseph's grandson, Sir Joseph Bailey in 1899 who at that time was the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. The park and estate contains 20,000 acres of common land, 3,500 acres of farmland, 29 let residential properties, 7 let farms and a five-mile stretch of the River Usk. There are 400 acres of private parkland and 800 acres of forest which also includes a collection of over 200 different species of oak trees. ()

Completed: 1826 (198 years ago)Elevation: 295 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°52'1"N, 3°10'23"W

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Glanusk Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tretower Court, Bear Hotel, Ogof y Daren Cilau, Crickhowell Castle.

1.2 miNW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Tretower Court, Brecon Beacons
32 min walk • Tretower Court is a medieval fortified manor house in Wales, situated in the village of Tretower, near Crickhowell in modern-day Powys, previously within the historical county of Breconshire or Brecknockshire.
1.6 miE
Nightlife
Bear Hotel, Crickhowell
42 min walk • The Bear Hotel, formerly the White Bear, stands on Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. A coaching inn from the mid 18th century, the building has older origins from the 17th and 15th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof y Daren Cilau, Brecon Beacons
67 min walk • Ogof y Daren Cilau is one of several cave systems in the Llangattock escarpment near Crickhowell in south Powys, Wales. The cave was discovered in 1957 and is one of the longest cave systems in the country.
1.7 miSE
Historical place, Town, Forts and castles
Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell
43 min walk • Crickhowell Castle is a Grade I listed building in Crickhowell, Wales, now largely ruined. An alternative name, "Alisby's Castle", is sometimes used; this is thought to be after a former governor of the castle, Gerald Alisby.
1.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Tretower Castle, Crickhowell
32 min walk • Tretower Castle is a Grade I-listed ruined castle in the village of Tretower in the county of Powys, Wales. It was built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replaced mid-century by a stone shell keep.
1.5 miSE
Bridge
Crickhowell Bridge, Crickhowell
39 min walk • Crickhowell Bridge is an 18th-century bridge that spans the River Usk in Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. The main A4077 road to Gilwern crosses it. The bridge is claimed to be the longest stone bridge in Wales at over 128 metres.
2.6 miW
Bridge
Llangynidr Bridge, Brecon Beacons
67 min walk • Llangynidr Bridge, also known as "Coed-yr-Ynys Bridge", is an early 18th-century bridge that crosses the River Usk to the north of Llangynidr, Powys, Wales. It carries the B4560 road towards Bwlch.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Cerrig-calch, Brecon Beacons
61 min walk • Pen Cerrig-calch is a subsidiary summit of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Powys, Wales. Its summit, at a height of 701 m, is marked by a trig point.
1.6 miE
Church
St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell
40 min walk • St Edmund's Church is located in Crickhowell, in southeastern Powys, Wales. Built in the early 14th century, the church is dedicated to Saint Edmund the king and martyr. It has been known by this name from its establishment in 1303. In a will dated 1576 in the register office at Brecon, it is termed the parish of Saint Edmund.
3.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Allt-mawr, Brecon Beacons
82 min walk • Pen Allt-mawr is a 719 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the third highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales.
3.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Blaenllynfi Castle, Brecon Beacons
95 min walk • Blaenllynfi Castle is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales. It was probably built in the early thirteenth century.