Travel Brecon Beacons National Park

The Brecon Beacons National Park lies on the border between Mid Wales and South Wales. It’s home to waterfalls, forests, market towns and the highest peak

Walking, hill walking and hiking in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Exploring Waterfall Country
Pull on your boots and put your best foot forward!
Striding along the ridges of the Central Beacons
Exploring Waterfall Country
Pull on your boots and put your best foot forward!

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Little can match the enjoyment of striding along our open ridges, strolling along our peaceful towpaths or exploring our beautiful, sun-dappled woods. The Brecon Beacons National Park is full of wonderful places, guaranteed to give you a sense of exhilaration and freedom.

The Central Beacons is the highest mountain range in southern Britain. Many walkers make for the famous twin summits of Pen-y-Fan and Corn Du for challenge and adventure. However, the 520 square mile extent of our Park also contains three other upland areas, the Black Mountain range, the Fforest Fawr massif and the Black Mountains, all with their own distinctive character and spectacular walking potential.

Within our park, there are walks for all levels of ability, with varied landscapes to choose from.

The rounded contours of the old red sandstone uplands create the inspiring, open scenery for which the Brecon Beacons are best known and loved. The south of our Park has dazzling outcrops of carboniferous limestone, water-worn to form deep, wooded gorges, caves, sink holes and, most famously of all waterfalls. And the lowlands have rivers and rolling green countryside, laced with hedgerows and dotted with sheep.

Pull on your boots and put your best foot forward!

With so many exciting ways to explore the National Park and so much to discover, it's often difficult to know where to start.

So, to help you get that little bit more from your visit here - whether for a day or for longer, just click on one of the fascinating itineraries below.

Each tour is a daily, self guided tour. Some even include walks and activities to suit all abilities as well as give suggestions on where to base yourself overnight.

Why not combine two or more tours?

Although the tours include directions and road numbers, it would still be useful to pick up a map of the Brecon Beacons National Park. These are easily obtainable from the various tourist information centres in the area or from the Mountain Centre, Libanus.

. . . alternatively if you would prefer to explore the Brecon Beacons with a Guide and have an even more fun and informative day out, then you can contact one of our local, friendly Guides who will be pleased to take you to the various sites or design a personal tour for you.