Cadair Fawr, Brecon Beacons

#97 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cadair Fawr is a hill in the northern corner of the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. The 485m high summit at OS grid ref SN 978123 is marked by a trig point. Cadair Fawr is the highest point of a broad ridge known as Cefn Cadlan which forms the northern edge of Cwm Cadlan, a valley which itself runs east-northeastwards from the village of Penderyn. The name Cadair Fawr signifies the 'big chair' whilst Cefn Cadlan signifies the 'ridge of the battlefield'. ()

Coordinates: 51°48'0"N, 3°29'1"W

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Cadair Fawr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Porth yr Ogof, Dinas Rock, Aberdare Golf Club, Maen Madoc.

3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Porth yr Ogof, Brecon Beacons
79 min walk • Porth yr Ogof is a cave located near the village of Ystradfellte, near the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
4.8 miSW
Climbing
Dinas Rock, Brecon Beacons
122 min walk • Dinas Rock is a high promontory of Carboniferous Limestone which rises between the Afon Mellte and its left-bank tributary, the Afon Sychryd on the border between the county of Powys and the county borough of Neath Port Talbot in south Wales.
6 miSE
Golf
Aberdare Golf Club, Aberdare
154 min walk • Aberdare Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Aberdare at Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was founded in 1921 as a parkland course at Abernant, about a mile from Aberdare and is an 18-hole golf course famous for its mature oak trees.
4.3 miNW
Memorial
Maen Madoc, Brecon Beacons
109 min walk • The Maen Madoc or Maen Madog stone is a menhir which lies adjacent to the Roman road Sarn Helen that runs across the Brecon Beacons in what was a key area of Roman Wales, about one mile north of Ystradfellte. It stands approximately 10 feet high.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Penderyn, Brecon Beacons
85 min walk • Moel Penderyn is a hill on the edge of Penderyn village, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales. It also appeared on older maps as 'Y Foel Penderyn'. Its summit at 371m is marked by a trig point.
5.8 miSE
51°44'43"N • 3°22'47"W
St Tydfil Shopping Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
149 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
5.6 miSW
Park
Fforest Fawr Geopark
144 min walk • Fforest Fawr Geopark is a Geopark in the Brecon Beacons National Park, south Wales. It is the first designated Geopark in Wales having gained membership of both the European Geoparks Network and the UNESCO-assisted Global Network of National Geoparks in October 2005.
3.8 miNW
Dam
Ystradfellte Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
97 min walk • Ystradfellte Reservoir is a water storage reservoir on the Afon Dringarth in the upland area of Fforest Fawr within the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales.
2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd-y-glog, Brecon Beacons
57 min walk • Mynydd-y-glog is a hill just east of the village of Penderyn in the northern corner of the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. Its summit plateau rises to a height of 389m / 1277 ft at OS grid ref SN 982088, a spot marked by a trig point.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cefn Cil Sanws, Brecon Beacons
82 min walk • Cefn Cil Sanws is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The summit at 460m above sea level is crowned by a trig point.
3 miSW
Visitor center, Whisky bar, Distillery
Penderyn distillery, Brecon Beacons
76 min walk • Penderyn is a Welsh whisky distillery and brand, producing the first commercially available whisky made in Wales since the 19th century. Produced at the Penderyn Distillery, Penderyn is a single malt whisky produced in several expressions, e.g. Madeira Finish, Peated, Sherrywood and Portwood.