Mynydd Troed, Brecon Beacons
#35 among attractions in Brecon Beacons
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Facts and practical information
Mynydd Troed is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, south Wales. Its name literally translates to "Foot Mountain," based how it appears when viewed from the Allt Mawr ridge. ()
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Mynydd Troed – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Llangorse Lake, Pen Allt-mawr, Castell Dinas, Black Mountain Hill.
2.7 miSWFishing and boating in a historic settingLlangorse Lake, Brecon Beacons
68 min walk • Llangorse Lake is the largest natural lake in Mid and South Wales, and is situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park, near the town of Brecon and the village of Llangors.
4 miSENature, Natural attraction, MountainPen Allt-mawr, Brecon Beacons
102 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.
1 miNEForts and castlesCastell Dinas, Brecon Beacons
25 min walk • Castell Dinas is a hillfort and castle in southern Powys, Wales. At 450 m it has the highest castle in England and Wales. It is positioned to defend the Rhiangoll pass between Talgarth and Crickhowell.
6.7 miNENature, Natural attraction, HillBlack Mountain Hill
170 min walk • Twyn Llech, also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, straddling Brecknockshire and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west.
3.1 miENature, Natural attraction, MountainWaun Fach, Brecon Beacons
80 min walk • Waun Fach is, with a summit height of 811 metres, the highest mountain in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is one of the three Marilyns over 600 m that make up the range, the others being Black Mountain and Mynydd Troed.
4.1 miSForts and castlesBlaenllynfi Castle, Brecon Beacons
106 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.
4.2 miEArchaeological siteGrwyne Fawr Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
107 min walk • The Grwyne Fawr Reservoir is located in the valley of the river Grwyne Fawr in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. Completed in 1928, it has the capacity to hold 400,000,000 imperial gallons.
4.9 miENature, Natural attraction, Natural featureBlack Mountains, Brecon Beacons
126 min walk • The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.
1.6 miSNature, Natural attraction, MountainMynydd Llangorse, Brecon Beacons
42 min walk • Mynydd Llangorse is a hill on the western edge of the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, south Wales. It lies two miles east of Llangors and its lake and 5 miles south of Talgarth. Its summit at 515m overtops the location 600m to the south at which a trig point is sited by 9m.
2.1 miNNature, Natural attraction, WaterfallPwll y wrach, Talgarth
55 min walk • Pwll y wrach or Pwll-y-wrach is a feature on the River Ennig near Talgarth in south Powys, Wales. The river plunges in two separate streams over a lip of hard rock into a pool scoured in the softer mudstones of the underlying Raglan Mudstone formation.
3.3 miNChurchSt Ellyw's Church, Brecon Beacons
84 min walk • St Ellyw's Church, is a redundant church in the village of Llanelieu, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. It is sited at the edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park.