Bear Hotel, Crickhowell

Name: Bear Hotel
Address: High St, Crickhowell, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1873 810408

#1 among attractions in Crickhowell

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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. ()

Coordinates: 51°51'33"N, 3°8'13"W

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High StCrickhowell United Kingdom

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+44 1873 810408

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Bear Hotel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tretower Court, Ogof y Daren Cilau, Crickhowell Castle, Tretower Castle.

2.6 miNW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Tretower Court, Brecon Beacons
67 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.
2.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof y Daren Cilau, Brecon Beacons
54 min walk • Ogof y Daren Cilau is one of several cave systems in the Llangattock escarpment near Crickhowell in south Powys, Wales. The cave was discovered in 1957 and is one of the longest cave systems in the country.
~720 ftS
Historical place, Town, Forts and castles
Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell
4 min walk • Crickhowell Castle is a Grade I listed building in Crickhowell, Wales, now largely ruined. An alternative name, "Alisby's Castle", is sometimes used; this is thought to be after a former governor of the castle, Gerald Alisby.
2.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Tretower Castle, Crickhowell
67 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.
~1530 ftSW
Bridge
Crickhowell Bridge, Crickhowell
8 min walk • Crickhowell Bridge is an 18th-century bridge that spans the River Usk in Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. The main A4077 road to Gilwern crosses it. The bridge is claimed to be the longest stone bridge in Wales at over 128 metres.
3.3 miS
Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
Clydach Gorge, Brecon Beacons
85 min walk • The Clydach Gorge is a steep-sided valley in south-east Wales down which the River Clydach flows to the River Usk. It runs for 5.6 kilometres from the vicinity of Brynmawr in Blaenau Gwent eastwards and northeastwards to Gilwern in Monmouthshire.
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Cerrig-calch, Brecon Beacons
62 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.
~480 ftW
Church
St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell
3 min walk • St Edmund's Church is located in Crickhowell, in southeastern Powys, Wales. Built in the early 14th century, the church is dedicated to Saint Edmund the king and martyr. It has been known by this name from its establishment in 1303. In a will dated 1576 in the register office at Brecon, it is termed the parish of Saint Edmund.
2.9 miSE
Canal
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Brecon Beacons
75 min walk • The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently navigable 35-mile length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and its present rural character and tranquillity belies its original purpose as an industrial...
2.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Agen Allwedd, Brecon Beacons
54 min walk • Ogof Agen Allwedd or Agen Allwedd, is, at 32.5 kilometres, one of the longest cave systems in Wales, and the longest cave system on the Llangattock escarpment.
1.5 miN
Archaeological site
Crug Hywel, Brecon Beacons
38 min walk • Crug Hywel is an Iron Age Celtic hillfort, with a clearly visible earth and stone ditch and rampart. Crug Hywel is approached by a couple of public footpaths across farmland from Crickhowell and Llanbedr and visited by the Beacons Way.

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Which popular attractions are close to Bear Hotel?

Nearby attractions include St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell (3 min walk), Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell (4 min walk), Crickhowell Bridge, Crickhowell (8 min walk).