Mynydd Myddfai, Brecon Beacons

Name: Mynydd Myddfai
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#123 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mynydd Myddfai is a hill 4.5 miles southeast of Llandovery in the county of Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. The hill is in the form of a broad ridge aligned southwest to northeast with three or four distinct tops separated by cols. The northwest side drops steeply away towards the village of Myddfai whilst the other side is a more shallow slope down towards Glasfynydd Forest which encircles Usk Reservoir. The plateau surface of the hill rises to a height of 440m at OS grid ref SN 806297 where a trig point has been erected. ()

Coordinates: 51°57'13"N, 3°44'19"W

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Mynydd Myddfai – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llandovery Castle, Picws Du, Llyn y Fan Fach, Usk Reservoir.

3.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Llandovery Castle, Llandovery
94 min walk • Llandovery Castle is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. The Normans built a castle in the current location in the early twelfth century and this was rebuilt in stone.
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Picws Du, Brecon Beacons
126 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.
5 miS
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Llyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons
127 min walk • Llyn y Fan Fach is a lake of approximately 10 hectares on the northern margin of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, South Wales and lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
1.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Usk Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
32 min walk • The Usk Reservoir is located in the upper Usk Valley, at 1,050 feet above sea level, in the western part of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.
2.1 miW
Church
St Michael's Church, Brecon Beacons
54 min walk • St Michael's Church is the Anglican parish church for the parish of Myddfai, south of Llandovery, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries with restoration work being undertaken in 1874, when a bellcote was added, and again in 1926.
4.6 miE
Forts and castles
Castle Tump, Trecastle
118 min walk • Castle Tump is an early 11th-century motte and bailey castle in Trecastle, Powys, Wales.
1.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Bach Trecastell, Brecon Beacons
42 min walk • Mynydd Bach Trecastell is a hill on the border between the counties of Carmarthenshire and Powys in southwest Wales. It lies within the Black Mountain of the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.
3.7 miNW
Church
Tabernacle Chapel, Llandovery
94 min walk • Tabernacle Chapel is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building dates from 1836 and is located in Queen Street, Llandovery. It was designated as a Grade II* listed building on 26 February 1981.
4 miNW
Church
St Mary's Church, Llandovery
102 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Church in Wales place of worship near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was formerly the parish church of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn but was replaced in that function by a new church in a more central location. The present building dates from the 12th century.
3.6 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Williams Pantycelyn Memorial Chapel, Llandovery
93 min walk • The Williams Pantycelyn Memorial Chapel is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The building was constructed between 1886 and 1888 and is located at 4 Stryd y Bont, Llandovery.
0.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Glasfynydd Forest, Brecon Beacons
21 min walk • Glasfynydd Forest is an extensive area of coniferous plantations in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. It straddles the border between the counties of Powys and Carmarthenshire.