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The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, [15] the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 [16] and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952. [17] It covers an area of 519 square miles (1,340 km 2), which is much larger than the Brecon Beacons range.
Brecon Beacons National Park sign. The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, [27] the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 [28] and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952. [29] It covers an area of 519 square miles (1,340 km 2), which is much larger than the Brecon
The National Park Visitor Centre, commonly known as the Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre (or shortened to the Mountain Centre, and also known as the Libanus Visitor Centre), is a visitor centre managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (Bannau Brycheiniog), located in the village of Libanus some 8 km / 5 mi south-west of Brecon in Powys, south Wales.
The Beacons Way (Welsh: Ffordd y Bannau) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.It is a linear route which runs for 99 miles (159 km) east to west through the National Park, and passes many of the most important landmarks and mountain peaks in the mountain range.
Llyn Cwm Llwch (Welsh: [ɬɪn kʊm ɬuːχ]) is a small lake or pool in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales.It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the Black Mountain (range): Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach, and one of the few natural bodies of water in the park.
The area gained national park status in 1957 with the designated area of 1,344 km 2 (519 sq mi) including mountain massifs to both the east and west of the Brecon Beacons proper. The geology of the national park consists of a thick succession of sedimentary rocks laid down from the late Ordovician through the Silurian and Devonian to the late ...