Ogof y Daren Cilau, Brecon Beacons

Name: Ogof y Daren Cilau
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#18 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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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. ()

Length: 16.78 miDepth: 630 ftCoordinates: 51°49'51"N, 3°9'17"W

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Brecon Beacons United Kingdom

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Ogof y Daren Cilau – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bear Hotel, Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell Bridge, Clydach Gorge.

2.1 miN
Nightlife
Bear Hotel, Crickhowell
54 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 miN
Historical place, Town, Forts and castles
Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell
51 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.
1.9 miN
Bridge
Crickhowell Bridge, Crickhowell
48 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 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
Clydach Gorge, Brecon Beacons
50 min walk • The Clydach Gorge is a steep-sided valley in south-east Wales down which the River Clydach flows to the River Usk. It runs for 5.6 kilometres from the vicinity of Brynmawr in Blaenau Gwent eastwards and northeastwards to Gilwern in Monmouthshire.
2.1 miN
Church
St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell
53 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.
2.4 miE
Canal
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Brecon Beacons
63 min walk • The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently navigable 35-mile length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and its present rural character and tranquillity belies its original purpose as an industrial...
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Caves of Aruba, Brecon Beacons
46 min walk • Of the several caves of Aruba, three Aruban caves are well known, seen in deep crevices on the windward face of the island. All three of the caves are located in the Arikok National Park. The most prominent are Guadirikiri Cave, the Fontein Cave and the Huliba Cave. Nocturnal bats nestle in all these caves.
~40 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Agen Allwedd, Brecon Beacons
1 min walk • Ogof Agen Allwedd or Agen Allwedd, is, at 32.5 kilometres, one of the longest cave systems in Wales, and the longest cave system on the Llangattock escarpment.
3.3 miS
Tower
Nantyglo Round Towers
83 min walk • Nantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo, near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys.
2.3 miNW
Church
Conway Road Methodist Church, Brecon Beacons
59 min walk • Conway Road Methodist Church is a Nonconformist chapel in Canton, Cardiff. It stands at the junction of Conway Road and Romilly Crescent and has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1975. It is the largest Methodist chapel still in use in Cardiff.
2.6 miN
Park
Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons
67 min walk • 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.