Blaenllynfi Castle, Brecon Beacons

Name: Blaenllynfi Castle
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#56 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

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Blaenllynfi Castle is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales. It was probably built in the early thirteenth century. It was captured several times during the rest of the century and apparently was never fully repaired afterwards and fell into ruins. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. ()

Coordinates: 51°53'53"N, 3°14'37"W

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Blaenllynfi Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llangorse Lake, Tretower Court, Bear Hotel, Tretower Castle.

2.4 miN
Fishing and boating in a historic setting
Llangorse Lake, Brecon Beacons
60 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.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Tretower Court, Brecon Beacons
70 min walk • Tretower Court is a medieval fortified manor house in Wales, situated in the village of Tretower, near Crickhowell in modern-day Powys, previously within the historical county of Breconshire or Brecknockshire.
5.3 miSE
Nightlife
Bear Hotel, Crickhowell
135 min walk • The Bear Hotel, formerly the White Bear, stands on Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. A coaching inn from the mid 18th century, the building has older origins from the 17th and 15th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles
Tretower Castle, Crickhowell
70 min walk • Tretower Castle is a Grade I-listed ruined castle in the village of Tretower in the county of Powys, Wales. It was built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replaced mid-century by a stone shell keep.
1.7 miS
Bridge
Llangynidr Bridge, Brecon Beacons
43 min walk • Llangynidr Bridge, also known as "Coed-yr-Ynys Bridge", is an early 18th-century bridge that crosses the River Usk to the north of Llangynidr, Powys, Wales. It carries the B4560 road towards Bwlch.
4.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Cerrig-calch, Brecon Beacons
114 min walk • Pen Cerrig-calch is a subsidiary summit of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Powys, Wales. Its summit, at a height of 701 m, is marked by a trig point.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Troed, Brecon Beacons
106 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.
3.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Allt-mawr, Brecon Beacons
100 min walk • Pen Allt-mawr is a 719 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the third highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales.
4.1 miNW
51°55'28"N • 3°19'43"W
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2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tor y Foel, Brecon Beacons
73 min walk • Tor y Foel is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys in Wales. It is located on the eastern flank of Talybont Reservoir, and the summit at 551m is marked by a small cairn.
2.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Llangorse, Brecon Beacons
64 min walk • Mynydd Llangorse is a hill on the western edge of the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, south Wales. It lies two miles east of Llangors and its lake and 5 miles south of Talgarth. Its summit at 515m overtops the location 600m to the south at which a trig point is sited by 9m.

Blaenllynfi Castle, Brecon Beacons

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Blaenllynfi Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)