Wales · National Park

Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)

Four blocks of Old Red Sandstone upland — the Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du), Fforest Fawr, the central Beacons and the Black Mountains — run across south Wales, with Pen y Fan (886 m) the highest point in Britain south of Eryri. Walking is mostly on broad grassy ridges and sculpted escarpment edges, with waterfall country in the limestone belt around Ystradfellte. The park adopted its Welsh name, Bannau Brycheiniog, in 2023 and is still widely known as the Brecon Beacons.

Pen y Fan, the highest listed hill in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park
Pen y Fan, the highest listed hill in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. Photo by Dave.Dunford at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Country
Wales
Area
1,347 km²
Designated
1957
Listed hills
54
Highest listed hill
Pen y Fan 886 m

Access in this park

The position in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)

Most of the upland is mapped CRoW open access land, so you can walk off-path on foot across the mapped areas. Wild camping needs the landowner’s permission, as everywhere in Wales.

Conditional Right to roam (Wales): Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping (Wales): Permission needed everywhere.

Designation as a park creates no right of access in itself — the law of Wales applies inside the boundary, and park byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override the general position. This is general information, not legal advice. Full detail:access rights in Wales ·check a specific grid reference.

All 54 listed hills, tallest first

Every summit from our hill dataset whose summit point falls inside the park boundary. Follow a name for its full record, live summit weather and daylight times.

Listed hills in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, sorted by height descending
#HillHeightClassificationsGrid ref
1Pen y Fan886 mHewittNuttallHistoric County Top+5SO012215
2Corn Du871.5 mNuttallSO007213
3Craig Gwaun Taf826.4 mNuttallSO005207
4Waun Fach811 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SO215299
5Fan Brycheiniog - Twr y Fan Foel802.5 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SN824220
6Pen y Gadair Fawr800 mHewittNuttallSimmSO229287
7Cribyn795 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SO023213
8Fan Foel781 mHistoric County TopCurrent County/UA TopSN821223
9Waun Rydd769.2 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SO062206
10Fan Hir760 mHewittNuttallSimmSN830209
11Bwlch y Ddwyallt754.1 mNuttallSO055203
12Bannau Sir Gaer - Picws Du749.1 mHewittNuttallSimmSN811218
13Fan Fawr734 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SN969193
14Fan Gyhirych726.1 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SN880191
15Pen Allt-mawr719.6 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SO206243
16Fan y Big716.7 mNuttallSO036206
17Rhos Dirion713.4 mNuttallSO211333
18Pen Cerrig-calch701 mHewittNuttallSimmSO216224
19Twmpa690 mHewittNuttallSimmSO224350
20Chwarel y Fan679 mHewittNuttallHistoric County Top+2SO258294
21Waun Lefrith676.1 mNuttallSN798214
22Fan Fraith668 mNuttallSN887183
23Fan Nedd663 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SN913184
24Mynydd Llysiau663 mHewittNuttallSimmSO207279
25Pen Twyn Mawr658 mNuttallSO242267
26Allt Lwyd653.1 mNuttallSO078189
27Pen Twyn Glas646 mNuttallSO213257
28Garreg Las635 mHewittNuttallSimmSN777203
29Fan Llia631.9 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SN938186
30Craig Cerrig-gleisiad629 mHewittNuttallSimmSN960217
31Fan Frynych628.3 mHewittNuttallSimmSN957227
32Y Gyrn618.7 mNuttallSN988216
33Cefn yr Ystrad617.3 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SO086137
34Garreg Lwyd616 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SN740179
35Mynydd Troed609 mMarilynHuMPSimm+1SO165292
36Yr Allt605.2 mSimmDeweySN905200
37Foel Fraith602 mSimmDeweySN756183
38Sugar Loaf596 mTrail 100MarilynHuMP+1SO272187
39Moel Feity591 mDeweySN848230
40Pant y Creigiau565 mDeweySO056161
41Bryn562 mDeweySO071226
42Cefn Cul561.8 mHuMPDeweySN860205
43Blorenge561 mHuMPDeweySO269118
44Carreg Goch558.3 mDeweySN818170
45Mynydd Llangynidr557.6 mHuMPDeweySO123151
46Cefn y Cylchau556 mDeweySN757197
47Tor y Foel551 mMarilynHuMPDeweySO114194
48Disgwylfa543.5 mDeweySN815178
49Bryniau Gleision538 mDeweySO084161
50Carreg Cadno538 mDeweySN874161
51Carn Pen-rhiw-ddu531.2 mDeweySN725186
52Hatterrall Hill531 mDeweySO308256
53Mynydd Llangorse515 mMarilynHuMPDeweySO159266
54Allt Forgan512.3 mDeweySO065178

Hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0); park boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (OGL v3.0). Hills are assigned to a park by summit position, so a top just outside the boundary will not appear here even if the walk starts inside it.

Long-distance paths through Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)

6 waymarked long-distance routes cross the park boundary. Distances are for the whole route, not just the section inside the park.

Long-distance paths crossing Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park
RouteTotal lengthCountries
Cambrian Way483 km · 300 miWales
Offa's Dyke PathNational Trail292 km · 181 miWales, England
Heart of Wales Line Trail231 km · 143 miWales, England
Wye Valley Walk224 km · 139 miWales, England
Beacons Way155 km · 97 miWales
Taff Trail101 km · 63 miWales

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); park crossings computed by OpenFell against the ONS park boundary. See all UK long-distance paths.

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