Cribarth, Pen y Cae

Name: Cribarth
Address: Pen y Cae, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Pen y Cae

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cribarth, sometimes referred to as the Sleeping Giant, is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys in southern Wales. The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428 m at OS grid reference SN 831143. To its west is a 426-metre-high rounded top at SN 829144 which lies just to the northwest of a mile-long ridge that forms the main bulk of the hill. The ridge attains a height of 423 m at its southwest end and this spot is marked by a trig point. Both of these latter high points are adorned by Bronze Age burial cairns. ()

Elevation: 1404 ftCoordinates: 51°48'51"N, 3°42'4"W

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Pen y Cae United Kingdom

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Cribarth – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dan-yr-Ogof, Sgwd Henrhyd, Llyn y Fan Fawr, Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary.

1.3 miNE
Natural attraction, Historical place, Cave
Dan-yr-Ogof, Pen y Cae
34 min walk • Nestled in the scenic Brecon Beacons National Park in the village of Pen y Cae, United Kingdom, Dan-yr-Ogof offers a subterranean wonderland that beckons to be explored. Known as the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, this extensive cave system is one of the...
2.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Sgwd Henrhyd, Brecon Beacons
54 min walk • Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in southern Wales with a drop of 90 feet. It lies on National Trust land, in the county of Powys.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn y Fan Fawr, Brecon Beacons
119 min walk • Llyn y Fan Fawr is a natural lake in the county of Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of Fan Brycheiniog, the highest peak of the Black Mountain range within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
1.3 miS
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Pen y Cae
33 min walk • Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary between Caehopkin and Abercraf in Powys, Wales. It became the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary in December 2008, being previously known as Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Sanctuary. The sanctuary is owned and operated by husband and wife Graham and Jan Garen.
4.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Lefrith, Brecon Beacons
125 min walk • Waun Lefrith is a top of Picws Du and is also the westernmost of the Carmarthen Fans or Bannau Sir Gaer, a group of peaks within the Black Mountain of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within Carmarthenshire, Wales.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Brycheiniog, Brecon Beacons
121 min walk • Fan Brycheiniog is the highest peak at a height of 802.5 metres in the Black Mountain region of the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales.
4.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Picws Du, Brecon Beacons
124 min walk • Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales.
1 miNE
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Craig-y-Nos Castle, Pen y Cae
27 min walk • Craig-y-nos Castle, is a Scottish Baronial country house near Glyntawe in Powys, Wales. Built on parkland beside the River Tawe in the upper Swansea Valley, it is located on the southeastern edge of the Black Mountain. The castle, formerly owned by opera singer Adelina Patti, is now a hotel.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mountain, Brecon Beacons
119 min walk • The Black Mountain is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Brecknockshire and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Its highest point is Fan Brycheiniog at 802 metres or 2,631 ft.
4.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Gyhirych, Brecon Beacons
113 min walk • Fan Gyhirych is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. It lies within the county of Breconshire, and administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys.
2.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, Pen y Cae
67 min walk • Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, also known informally as OFD, is a cave under a hillside in the area surrounding Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley in South Wales. It is the second longest cave in Wales and the deepest in the United Kingdom.