Cefn yr Ystrad, Brecon Beacons

Name: Cefn yr Ystrad
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#82 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cefn yr Ystrad is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. It is an outlier of the Central Beacons group. ()

Elevation: 2031 ftProminence: 591 ftCoordinates: 51°48'52"N, 3°19'38"W

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Cefn yr Ystrad – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bedwellty House and Park, Bwlch y Ddwyallt, Morlais Castle, St Tydfil Shopping Centre.

4.7 miSE
Park, History museum, Museum
Bedwellty House and Park, Tredegar
121 min walk • Bedwellty House is a Grade II-listed house and gardens in Tredegar, in the Sirhowy Valley in south-east Wales. It was built in the early 19th century on the site of an earlier building and subsequently enlarged into its present form by mid-century.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bwlch y Ddwyallt, Brecon Beacons
117 min walk • Bwlch y Ddwyallt is the name commonly applied to the high point of the plateau of Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion in the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons in south Wales. It is a top of Waun Rydd.
3.4 miSW
Historical place, Ruins, Forts and castles
Morlais Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
87 min walk • Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Not much remains today of the castle first begun by Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester on land claimed by Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.
5.3 miSW
51°44'43"N • 3°22'47"W
St Tydfil Shopping Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
135 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tor y Foel, Brecon Beacons
103 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.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Chartist Cave, Brecon Beacons
68 min walk • Chartist Cave is a culturally significant cave on Mynydd Llangynidr in southern Powys, Wales. The entrance is a broad arch formed of Twrch Sandstone which overlies the Carboniferous Limestone immediately beneath.
3.8 miS
Church
St John's Church, Merthyr Tydfil
98 min walk • St John's Church is a defunct Grade II listed church in the village of Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. The church was built in 1827 for local ironworks manager Sir John Josiah Guest, at a cost of £3000. It was gradually completely rebuilt later in the century, in a Gothic style, finishing with the main nave and aisle in 1893/4.
4.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cefn Cil Sanws, Brecon Beacons
111 min walk • Cefn Cil Sanws is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The summit at 460m above sea level is crowned by a trig point.
4.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Rydd, Brecon Beacons
117 min walk • Waun Rydd is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. Its height is 769m and it tops a large boggy plateau rising to the east of Pen y Fan. The hill takes the form of a plateau with sharp rims on several sides.
0.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Llangynidr, Brecon Beacons
13 min walk • Mynydd Llangynidr is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park largely in the county of Powys, south Wales. Its southern slopes extend into the northernmost parts of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent.
1.9 miW
Dam
Pontsticill Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
49 min walk • Pontsticill Reservoir or Taf Fechan Reservoir is a large reservoir on the Taf Fechan lying partly in the county of Powys and partly within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.