Pen y Fan
Highest peak in South Wales at 886 metres (2,907 ft), with the twin summit of Corn Du 550 metres to the south-west.
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Places worth your time in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
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Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Highest peak in South Wales at 886 metres (2,907 ft), with the twin summit of Corn Du 550 metres to the south-west.
Cathedral of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales, formerly the church of Brecon Priory.
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Narrow gauge tourist railway climbing north from Pant along the full length of the Pontsticill Reservoir.
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Show cave complex around an 11-mile (17 km) cave system, within a National Nature Reserve.
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Ruined castle on a high limestone crag above the River Cennen, near Trap, four miles south-east of Llandeilo.
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Medieval house and a castle with a round tower, side by side near Crickhowell and spanning 900 years, in Cadw's care.
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Largest natural lake in mid and south Wales, used for fishing and watersports, near Llangors.
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Tallest waterfall in southern Wales, with a drop of 90 feet (27 m); it was the Batcave entrance in Christopher Nolan's Batman films.
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Waterfall on the Afon Hepste, in the Waterfall Country on the south side of the park.
Medieval castle and 17th-century Jacobean mansion in Hay-on-Wye, now run by Hay Castle Trust.
Partly ruined Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas in the Black Mountains.
Ruined castle in Abergavenny founded around 1087, the site of a massacre of Welsh noblemen in 1175.
Canal with about 35 navigable miles (56 km), most of them within the national park.
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Hill of 596 metres (1,955 ft) two miles north-west of Abergavenny, the southernmost summit of the Black Mountains.
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A waterfront city, Mumbles and the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the UK
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A compact capital: a castle in the city centre, free museums and a redeveloped bay
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Yr Wyddfa, mountain railways and slate heritage in the first national park in Wales
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