Carreg Cadno, Pen y Cae

Name: Carreg Cadno
Address: Pen y Cae, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Pen y Cae

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Carreg Cadno is a hill five miles northeast of Abercraf in the county of Powys, south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. Its summit at OS grid ref SN 874161 reaches a height of 538m / 1763 ft above sea level. The hill is within the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve which is owned and managed by the Countryside Council for Wales. ()

Coordinates: 51°49'48"N, 3°37'59"W

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Pen y Cae United Kingdom

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Carreg Cadno – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dan-yr-Ogof, Sgwd Henrhyd, Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Maen Llia.

2.3 miW
Natural attraction, Historical place, Cave
Dan-yr-Ogof, Pen y Cae
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Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
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3.4 miSW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Pen y Cae
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3.6 miNE
Memorial
Maen Llia, Brecon
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Climbing
Dinas Rock, Brecon Beacons
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2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Gyhirych, Brecon Beacons
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2.6 miE
Memorial
Maen Madoc, Brecon Beacons
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Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cribarth, Pen y Cae
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Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, Pen y Cae
13 min walk • Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, also known informally as OFD, is a cave under a hillside in the area surrounding Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley in South Wales. It is the second longest cave in Wales and the deepest in the United Kingdom.
5.4 miS
Park
Fforest Fawr Geopark
137 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.