Glasfynydd Forest, Brecon Beacons

Name: Glasfynydd Forest
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#120 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Glasfynydd Forest is an extensive area of coniferous plantations in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. It straddles the border between the counties of Powys and Carmarthenshire. ()

Coordinates: 51°56'42"N, 3°43'34"W

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Glasfynydd Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llyn y Fan Fawr, Llandovery Castle, Fan Brycheiniog, Picws Du.

4.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn y Fan Fawr, Brecon Beacons
116 min walk • Llyn y Fan Fawr is a natural lake in the county of Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of Fan Brycheiniog, the highest peak of the Black Mountain range within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
4.5 miNW
Forts and castles
Llandovery Castle, Llandovery
114 min walk • Llandovery Castle is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. The Normans built a castle in the current location in the early twelfth century and this was rebuilt in stone.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Brycheiniog, Brecon Beacons
113 min walk • Fan Brycheiniog is the highest peak at a height of 802.5 metres in the Black Mountain region of the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales.
4.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Picws Du, Brecon Beacons
110 min walk • Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales.
4.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mountain, Brecon Beacons
114 min walk • The Black Mountain is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Brecknockshire and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Its highest point is Fan Brycheiniog at 802 metres or 2,631 ft.
4.4 miS
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Llyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons
113 min walk • Llyn y Fan Fach is a lake of approximately 10 hectares on the northern margin of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, South Wales and lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
0.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Usk Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
12 min walk • The Usk Reservoir is located in the upper Usk Valley, at 1,050 feet above sea level, in the western part of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.
2.7 miW
Church
St Michael's Church, Brecon Beacons
70 min walk • St Michael's Church is the Anglican parish church for the parish of Myddfai, south of Llandovery, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries with restoration work being undertaken in 1874, when a bellcote was added, and again in 1926.
4.1 miE
Forts and castles
Castle Tump, Trecastle
104 min walk • Castle Tump is an early 11th-century motte and bailey castle in Trecastle, Powys, Wales.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Bach Trecastell, Brecon Beacons
44 min walk • Mynydd Bach Trecastell is a hill on the border between the counties of Carmarthenshire and Powys in southwest Wales. It lies within the Black Mountain of the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.
4.4 miNW
Church
Tabernacle Chapel, Llandovery
114 min walk • Tabernacle Chapel is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building dates from 1836 and is located in Queen Street, Llandovery. It was designated as a Grade II* listed building on 26 February 1981.