Pwll y wrach, Talgarth
#1 among attractions in Talgarth
Facts and practical information
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. ()
Pwll y wrach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Llangorse Lake, Llanthony Abbey, Hay Bluff, Mynydd Troed.
- 4.5 miSWFishing and boating in a historic setting
Llangorse Lake, Brecon Beacons
114 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.
- 5.2 miEMonastery
Llanthony Abbey, Brecon Beacons
132 min walk • Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory. It survived until 1908, after which it was the home of artist Eric Gill. It is now holiday accommodation.
- 5.3 miNENature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hay Bluff, Brecon Beacons
135 min walk • Hay Bluff is a prominent hill at the northern tip of the Black Mountains, an extensive upland massif which straddles the border between south-east Wales and England.
- 2.1 miSNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Troed, Brecon Beacons
55 min walk • 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.
- 3.7 miNENature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twmpa, Brecon Beacons
96 min walk • Twmpa or Lord Hereford's Knob is a mountain in south-east Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It lies 1.86 miles west of the border with England, and around 4.34 miles south of Hay-on-Wye. To the northeast lies the Gospel Pass through which runs a minor road between Hay and the Llanthony Valley.
- 5.3 miNChurch
Maesyronnen Chapel
134 min walk • Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building.
- 1.7 miSForts and castles
Castell Dinas, Brecon Beacons
44 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.
- 5.6 miENature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Mountain Hill
142 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.
- 3.3 miSENature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Fach, Brecon Beacons
85 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 miEArchaeological site
Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
103 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.
- 5.3 miSENature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons
137 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.