Cefn Llechid, Brecon Beacons

#51 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cefn Llechid is a small area of unenclosed land in the Brecon Beacons National Park east of Sennybridge in the county of Powys, Wales. It lies within Fforest Fawr Geopark. Its plateau-like summit surface peaks at 400m where it is marked by a trig point. A couple of small bodies of water lie in a hollow on the plateau. The hill is owned and managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. ()

Coordinates: 51°56'11"N, 3°32'27"W

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Cefn Llechid – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llyn Cwm Llwch, Maen Llia, Mynydd Illtud, Y Gaer.

5.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Cwm Llwch, Brecon Beacons
130 min walk • Llyn Cwm Llwch is a small lake or pool in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the Black Mountain: Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach, and one of the few natural bodies of water in the park.
5.3 miS
Memorial
Maen Llia, Brecon
136 min walk • Maen Llia is a standing stone which sits on moorland at grid reference SN924192 in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. The stone which is a large piece of intraformational conglomerate from the Old Red Sandstone measures 3.7 m high by 2.8 m wide by 0.6 m. It is roughly diamond-shaped and is partly moss-covered.
3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Illtud, Brecon Beacons
77 min walk • Mynydd Illtud is an extensive area of common land near Libanus, Powys, Wales, located in the Brecon Beacons National Park and some three miles south-west of Brecon. The common is an undulating plateau lying between 330 and 370 metres above sea level.
4 miE
Archaeological site
Y Gaer, Brecon
103 min walk • Y Gaer is a Roman fort situated near modern-day Brecon in Mid Wales, United Kingdom. Y Gaer is located at grid reference SO00332966.
3.9 miW
Forts and castles
Castle Tump, Trecastle
101 min walk • Castle Tump is an early 11th-century motte and bailey castle in Trecastle, Powys, Wales.
4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Bwlch Chwyth, Brecon Beacons
105 min walk • Fan Bwlch Chwyth is a peak in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park and within the county of Powys. Its summit is marked by a trig point at OS grid ref SN 912217.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve, Brecon Beacons
91 min walk • Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve is a 156 acre area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales. It includes the peaks of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych.
5.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cray Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
135 min walk • Cray Reservoir is a storage reservoir located in the Brecon Beacons National Park for the water supply to the city of Swansea in South Wales and was built between 1898 and 1908 by Swansea Corporation.
2.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fforest Fach, Trecastle
63 min walk • Fforest Fach is a small area of unenclosed land within Brecon Beacons National Park southwest of Sennybridge in the county of Powys, Wales.
1.4 miW
Forts and castles
Castell Du, Trecastle
37 min walk • Castell Du, also known as Sennybridge Castle or Castell Rhyd-y-Briw, is located approximately eight miles west of Brecon in Powys, Wales, and is believed to be the work of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales.
3.8 miE
Forts and castles
Aberysgir Castle, Brecon Beacons
98 min walk • Aberysgir Castle is a mound, or motte and bailey castle of the Middle Ages – but is missing the usual protective bailey. It is located at Aberysgir, Powys.