Visit Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park Visitor Centre where a team of friendly and knowledgeable information officers are on hand all year round to help you make the most of your visit to the National Park.
As well as information about the area, you can access the gift and craft shop, tea room, children's play area and public toilets. Parking is available on-site in the pay and display car park.
The National Park Authority now refers to the area by its original Welsh name Bannau Brycheinog.
Need some help with pronunciation? Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) – pronounced ‘ban-eye-bruck-ein-iog’.
Monday to Sunday, 09:30 - 16:30
Closed on Christmas Day
Free (charge applies for parking)
Garden/grounds
Free parking on premises
Licensed bar
Garden/grounds
Contactless payments
Mountain view
WiFi
Free parking on premises
Extra-large garden/grounds
Discover a rich variety of land and habitats, from moors, wooded valleys and farmland, to cave systems, waterfalls and wetlands.
Thursday 25th September 2025 Distance: 5 miles (8.25 km) Duration: 5 hours Led by: Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park Discovery and connection Geopark officer Alan Bowring leads a...
The Brecon Beacons National Park has lots of green roads, ideal for the relaxed mountain biker. You can hire bikes in the town or have them delivered to the hostel if you book in advance. A short...
Because of its location it's thought that the Norman Priory might have been built on the site of an older, possibly Celtic, church.
The collection has artefacts from around the world that reflect the history and character of a 300 year old regiment.
6 miles A great family day out, with indoor and outdoor play areas and animal petting farm. Visit the website
If you're planning on staying at YHA Brecon Beacons or YHA Brecon Beacons Danywenallt, why not download a free map and get out exploring? All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and...
This lovely area is great for water sports, so whatever mode of water transport takes your fancy, take the plunge and enjoy some fun on, or in, the water!
Try indoor rock climbing and bouldering, rope bridges, high level cargo nets, abseiling or flying down the indoor zip line!
Visit the largest show caves in Western Europe with breathtaking limestone formations built up over thousands of years. Explore the Dan-yr-Ogof cave. Walk behind the 40ft waterfall in the Cathedral...
Craig y Nos is over 40 acres of parkland with riverside walks through woodland and meadows. The park is also used as a base to study the flora and fauna of the area.
Travel in an all-weather observation coach behind a vintage steam locomotive through beautiful scenery into the Brecon Beacons. The journey takes you into the Brecon Beacons National Park, through...
At the foot of the Black Mountains, on the A40 between Crickhowell and Brecon, is this award winning Inn. Visit the Inn website
18 miles Hire Canadian canoes or a kayak and paddle off downstream to Hay-on-Wye or to the Boat Inn at Whitney. Visit the website
Crickhowell is a hub for Brecon Beacon National Park mountain biking routes, but there are a number of other routes in the area for all abilities. If you haven't got your own wheels, cycle hire is...
YHA Llangattock Mountain is perfect for super-fit cyclists as the hostel is 1000 foot up! The bunkhouse is on the RN35 and within striking distance of the Brecon & Monmouth Canal which is great for...