Beacons Way, Brecon Beacons

Name: Beacons Way
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Hiking, Hiking trail

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The Beacons Way is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. It is a linear route which runs for 99 miles east to west through the National Park, and passes many of the most important landmarks and mountain peaks in the mountain range. It also includes a few of the towns in the park as well as popular attractions such as Carreg Cennen Castle near Llandeilo at the western end of the path. ()

Length: 99 miCoordinates: 51°50'32"N, 2°58'33"W

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Brecon Beacons United Kingdom

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Beacons Way – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny Town Hall, Ysgyryd Fawr, Abergavenny Museum.

2.4 miSW
Museum, Forts and castles
Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny
60 min walk • Abergavenny Castle is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun c. 1087.
2.3 miSW
City hall
Abergavenny Town Hall, Abergavenny
58 min walk • Abergavenny Town Hall is a public building located on Cross Street, Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The town hall, which also houses the town's market, is a Grade II listed building.
1.2 miN
Natural attraction, Hiking trail, Park
Ysgyryd Fawr, Abergavenny
30 min walk • Ysgyryd Fawr is an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales, and forms the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The hill is often referred to locally as just The Skirrid. The smaller hill of Ysgyryd Fach or "Little Skirrid" lies about 4.5 km / 2.5 mi to the south.
2.3 miSW
Forts and castles, History museum, Museum
Abergavenny Museum, Abergavenny
59 min walk • Abergavenny Museum is a museum situated in the grounds of Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The museum is housed in the square 'keep' on the high point of the castle motte, in the hunting lodge built for the Marquess of Abergavenny in 1819 on the site.
2.3 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of Our Lady and St Michael, Abergavenny
58 min walk • The Church of Our Lady and St Michael in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, is a Roman Catholic parish church. A Grade II* listed building, it was built between 1858 and 1860 to a design by Benjamin Bucknall.
2.2 miSW
Historical place, Church
Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny
57 min walk • The Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is a parish church in the centre of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. St. Mary's has been called "the Westminster Abbey of Wales" because of its large size, and the numerous high status tomb monuments and medieval effigies surviving within it.
2.2 miSW
Shopping, City wall
Abergavenny town walls, Abergavenny
57 min walk • Abergavenny's town walls are a sequence of defensive walls built around the town of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.
2.5 miSE
Church
Saint David
64 min walk • The Church of St David, Llanddewi Rhydderch, Monmouthshire, Wales is a parish church with its origins in the 12th century. The tower base may date from this time. The fabric of the current building is 14th–15th century in date, with a Victorian restoration by John Pollard Seddon in 1862–1863. It remains an active parish church.
1.1 miW
Church
Church of St Teilo, Llanfoist
28 min walk • The Church of St Teilo is the parish church of Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales. "An unusually large and varied church", it is a Grade I listed building as of 1 September...
2.3 miSW
Church
Gunter Mansion, Abergavenny
59 min walk • Gunter Mansion, 37–39 Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a house of the early 17th century. It was built around 1600 and mentioned in 1678 in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a place of public Catholic worship.
2.3 miSW
History museum, Museum, Historical place
The Tithe Barn, Abergavenny
58 min walk • The Tithe Barn, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a tithe barn of late medieval origins which forms part of a group of historic buildings in the centre of the town. It is a Grade II* listed building.