Hay Bluff, Brecon Beacons

Name: Hay Bluff
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#31 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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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. The mountain sits at the point where the main northeast-facing escarpment of the Black Mountains meets the northwest facing escarpment, the next peak to the west being Twmpa. The flat summit of Hay Bluff which is marked by a triangulation pillar at a height of 677 metres overlooks the middle Wye Valley and the book town of Hay-on-Wye. ()

Elevation: 2221 ftProminence: 36 ftCoordinates: 52°1'26"N, 3°6'11"W

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Brecon Beacons United Kingdom

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Hay Bluff – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Llanthony Abbey, Black Hill, Twmpa.

3.9 miN
Bridge
Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
99 min walk • Hay Bridge spans the River Wye at Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. Preceding the rebuild, the bridge was partly of stone and partly of wood, which itself replaced a stone bridge of seven arches, destroyed by a flood in 1795, and some remains of which form part of the later structure.
3.4 miS
Monastery
Llanthony Abbey, Brecon Beacons
86 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.
2.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Hill
58 min walk • The Black Hill is a hill in the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, England at grid reference SO275348. It rises just west of the village of Craswall, near the border with Wales.
1.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twmpa, Brecon Beacons
41 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.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Mountain Hill
33 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.
4.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chwarel y Fan, Brecon Beacons
118 min walk • Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion.
4.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Fach, Brecon Beacons
117 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.
3.5 miN
Church
St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye
91 min walk • St Mary's is an Anglican parish church in Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire, Powys, Wales. Separated by a deep dingle, which probably was formerly a moat, it is situated westward of the town upon an almost precipitous eminence, near to the River Wye.
3.8 miN
Bridge
Dulas Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
98 min walk • Dulas Bridge spans Dulas Brook, a tributary of the River Wye in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. The Dulas bridge, near Hay station, was a joint counties bridge—Brecknock and Radnor.
3.8 miS
Archaeological site
Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
97 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.
4.8 miE
Church
Urishay Castle Chapel
124 min walk • Urishay Castle Chapel is a redundant chapel to the north of Urishay Castle, some 2.5 kilometres west of the village of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.