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hreflang="kw" data-title="Park Kenedhlek Bannyow Brycheiniog" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationaal_park_Brecon_Beacons" title="Nationaal park Brecon Beacons – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nationaal park Brecon Beacons" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E5%9B%BD%E7%AB%8B%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92" title="ブレコンビーコンズ国立公園 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブレコンビーコンズ国立公園" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li 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.geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&params=51_50_N_3_30_W_region:GB-WLS_type:mountain_dim:38km"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°30′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.833°N 3.500°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.833; -3.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,344 km<sup>2</sup> (519 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1957</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bannau.wales/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brecon Beacons National Park</b>, officially named <b>Bannau Brycheiniog National Park</b> (<span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/61\/Bannau_Brycheiniog.wav\/Bannau_Brycheiniog.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Welsh 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href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">national park</a> in Wales. It is named after the <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons" title="Brecon Beacons">Brecon Beacons</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Bannau Brycheiniog</i>), the mountain range at its centre. The national park includes the highest mountain in South Wales, <a href="/wiki/Pen_y_Fan" title="Pen y Fan">Pen y Fan</a>, which has an elevation of 886 metres (2,907 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The national park has a total area of 1,344 square kilometres (519 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Brecon Beacons and <a href="/wiki/Fforest_Fawr" title="Fforest Fawr">Fforest Fawr</a> uplands form the central section of the park. To the east are the <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountains,_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Mountains, Wales">Black Mountains</a>, which extend beyond the national park boundary into England, and to the west is the similarly named but distinct <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_(range)" title="Black Mountain (range)">Black Mountain</a> range. These ranges share much of the same basic geology, the southerly dip of the rock strata leading to north-facing escarpments. The highest peak of the Black Mountains is <a href="/wiki/Waun_Fach" title="Waun Fach">Waun Fach</a> (811 metres (2,661 ft)),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Fan_Brycheiniog" title="Fan Brycheiniog">Fan Brycheiniog</a> (802.5 metres (2,633 ft))<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the highest of the Black Mountain. </p><p>The park was founded in 1957 and is the third and most recently designated <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Wales" title="National parks of Wales">national park in Wales</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Snowdonia" title="Snowdonia">Snowdonia</a> (Eryri) and the <a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_Coast_National_Park" title="Pembrokeshire Coast National Park">Pembrokeshire Coast</a>. It is visited by approximately 4.4 million people each year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Bannau Brycheiniog</i> is first attested in the sixteenth century, and 'Brecon Beacons' first occurs in the eighteenth century as "Brecknock Beacons".<sup id="cite_ref-:02_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bannau Brycheiniog</i> derives from the Welsh <i>bannau</i>, "peaks", and <i><a href="/wiki/Brycheiniog" title="Brycheiniog">Brycheiniog</a></i>, the name of an early medieval kingdom which covered the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Gomer_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gomer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English name is derived from the Welsh one; in the eleventh century the town of Brecon is recorded as 'Brecheniauc', which became "Brecknock" and "Brecon".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a paragraph on Brecknockshire, <a href="/wiki/John_Leland_(antiquary)" title="John Leland (antiquary)">John Leland</a>'s 1536–1539 <i>Itinerary</i> notes that: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Blak Montayne is most famose, for he strecchith, as I have lerned, his rootes on one side within a iiii. or v. myles of <a href="/wiki/Monmouth" title="Monmouth">Monemuth</a>, and on the other side as nere to Cairmerdin (<a href="/wiki/Carmarthen" title="Carmarthen">Carmarthen</a>). Though this be al one montayne, yet many partes of him have sundry names.</p></blockquote> <p>Leland ascribes the name "Banne Brekeniauc" to the hills surrounding "Artures Hille" (Pen-y-Fan), also calling the range the "Banne Hilles".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "Brecknock Beacons" was used in the eighteenth century and referred to the area around Pen y Fan, which was itself was sometimes called 'the (Brecknock) Beacon'. For instance, Emanuel Bowen's <i>A New and accurate map of South Wales</i> (1729) labels the peak as 'The Vann or Brecknock Beacon', John Clark's 1794 <i>General View of the Agriculture of the County of Brecknock</i> refers to 'the Vann, or Brecknock Beacon, the undisputed sovereign of all the mountains in South Wales', and an 1839 <a href="/wiki/Tithe_map" title="Tithe map">tithe map</a> of Cantref parish labels the mountain simply 'Beacon'.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A slightly wider definition was used in 1809 by the Breconshire historian <a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Jones_(historian)" title="Theophilus Jones (historian)">Theophilus Jones</a>, who wrote that 'of the lofty summits of the Brecknock Beacons, that most southwards is the lowest, and the other two nearly of a height, they are sometimes called Cader Arthur or Arthur's chair'.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This implies that "Brecknock Beacons" referred to only three summits, including Pen y Fan and Corn Du. </p><p>To distinguish the Brecons Beacons range from the national park, the range is sometimes called the "Central Beacons".<sup id="cite_ref-Central_Beacons_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Central_Beacons-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2023, the national park <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Use_of_Bannau_Brycheiniog_in_English">changed its name to <i>Bannau Brycheiniog</i> in English</a>, abandoning the previous English name <i>Brecon Beacons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-rename-guardian2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rename-guardian2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:22_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_(range)" title="Black Mountain (range)">Black Mountain (range)</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fforest_Fawr" title="Fforest Fawr">Fforest Fawr</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountains,_United_Kingdom" title="Black Mountains, United Kingdom">Black Mountains, United Kingdom</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png/220px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png/330px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png/440px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="2002" data-file-height="1281" /></a><figcaption>Relief map of the national park, with an inset on the location in Wales to the top-left.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg/220px-Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg/330px-Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg/440px-Pen_y_Fan_from_Cribyn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pen_y_Fan" title="Pen y Fan">Pen y Fan</a> seen from <a href="/wiki/Cribyn_(mountain)" title="Cribyn (mountain)">Cribyn</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bannaubrych.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bannaubrych.JPG/220px-Bannaubrych.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bannaubrych.JPG/330px-Bannaubrych.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bannaubrych.JPG/440px-Bannaubrych.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="983" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fan_Brycheiniog" title="Fan Brycheiniog">Fan Brycheiniog</a>, the highest peak on the <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_(range)" title="Black Mountain (range)">Black Mountain</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The area covered by the national park stretches from <a href="/wiki/Llandeilo" title="Llandeilo">Llandeilo</a> in the west to <a href="/wiki/Hay-on-Wye" title="Hay-on-Wye">Hay-on-Wye</a> in the northeast and <a href="/wiki/Pontypool" title="Pontypool">Pontypool</a> in the southeast, covering 519 square miles (1,340 km<sup>2</sup>). It principally consists of three mountain ranges; the <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountains,_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Mountains, Wales">Black Mountains</a> in the east, the Brecon Beacons and <a href="/wiki/Fforest_Fawr" title="Fforest Fawr">Fforest Fawr</a> uplands in the centre, and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_(range)" title="Black Mountain (range)">Black Mountain</a> in the west. The park is entirely within Wales and therefore excludes the Olchon Valley and <a href="/wiki/Black_Hill_(Herefordshire)" title="Black Hill (Herefordshire)">Black Hill</a>, which are part of the Black Mountains but in the English county of <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The central Brecon Beacons range comprises six main peaks, which from west to east are: Corn Du, 873 metres (2,864 ft); Pen y Fan, the highest peak, 886 metres (2,907 ft); <a href="/wiki/Cribyn_(mountain)" title="Cribyn (mountain)">Cribyn</a>, 795 metres (2,608 ft); <a href="/wiki/Fan_y_B%C3%AEg" class="mw-redirect" title="Fan y Bîg">Fan y Bîg</a>, 719 metres (2,359 ft); <a href="/wiki/Bwlch_y_Ddwyallt" title="Bwlch y Ddwyallt">Bwlch y Ddwyallt</a>, 754 metres (2,474 ft); and <a href="/wiki/Waun_Rydd" title="Waun Rydd">Waun Rydd</a>, 769 metres (2,523 ft). These summits form a long <a href="/wiki/Ridge" title="Ridge">ridge</a>, and the sections joining the first four form a horseshoe shape around the head of the <a href="/wiki/River_Taff#Taf_Fechan" title="River Taff">Taf Fechan</a>, which flows away to the southeast. To the northeast of the ridge, interspersed with long parallel spurs, are four <a href="/wiki/Cirque" title="Cirque">cirques</a> (Welsh: <i>cwm</i>) or four round-headed valleys, which from west to east these are Cwm Sere, Cwm Cynwyn, Cwm Oergwm and Cwm Cwareli. </p><p>The Black Mountains in the east are clearly separated from the central Beacons range by the <a href="/wiki/River_Usk" title="River Usk">Usk valley</a> between Brecon and Abergavenny. <a href="/wiki/Waun_Fach" title="Waun Fach">Waun Fach</a> (811 metres (2,661 ft)) is the highest mountain in this range. </p><p>The Brecon Beacons range, Fforest Fawr, and Black Mountain form a continuous massif of high ground above 300 metres (1000'). The <a href="/wiki/A470" class="mw-redirect" title="A470">A470</a> road forms the approximate boundary between the central Beacons and Fforest Fawr. The highest peak of the Black Mountain is <a href="/wiki/Fan_Brycheiniog" title="Fan Brycheiniog">Fan Brycheiniog</a>, at 802.5 metres (2,633 ft). There are notable waterfalls in this area, including the 90-foot (27 m) <a href="/wiki/Henrhyd_Falls" title="Henrhyd Falls">Henrhyd Falls</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ystradfellte" title="Ystradfellte">Ystradfellte</a> falls to the south of Fforest Fawr. The <a href="/wiki/Ogof_Ffynnon_Ddu" title="Ogof Ffynnon Ddu">Ogof Ffynnon Ddu</a> cave system is on the southwestern edge of Fforest Fawr. </p><p>Numerous <a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">town and community councils</a> operate within these areas and include the town councils for Brecon and Hay on Wye and the community councils for <a href="/wiki/Vaynor" title="Vaynor">Cefn-coed-y-cymmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanfihangel_Cwmdu" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanfihangel Cwmdu">Llanfihangel Cwmdu</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bwlch" title="Bwlch">Bwlch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cathedine" title="Cathedine">Cathedine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llangattock" class="mw-redirect" title="Llangattock">Llangattock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llangors" title="Llangors">Llangors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanthony" title="Llanthony">Llanthony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llywel" title="Llywel">Llywel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontsticill" title="Pontsticill">Pontsticill</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontsarn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pontsarn (page does not exist)">Pontsarn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vaynor" title="Vaynor">Vaynor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talybont-on-Usk" title="Talybont-on-Usk">Talybont-on-Usk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trallong" title="Trallong">Trallong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trecastle" title="Trecastle">Trecastle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ystradfellte" title="Ystradfellte">Ystradfellte</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_(44090226540).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_%2844090226540%29.jpg/220px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_%2844090226540%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_%2844090226540%29.jpg/330px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_%2844090226540%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_%2844090226540%29.jpg/440px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_-_Panorama_%2844090226540%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="15498" data-file-height="3910" /></a><figcaption>A view from beside the B4560 road south of <a href="/wiki/Llangynidr" title="Llangynidr">Llangynidr</a>. From left to right: the Brecon Beacons massif, <a href="/wiki/Tor_y_Foel" title="Tor y Foel">Tor y Foel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allt_yr_Esgair" title="Allt yr Esgair">Allt yr Esgair</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Buckland_Hill" title="Buckland Hill">Buckland Hill</a> (centre), <a href="/wiki/Mynydd_Troed" title="Mynydd Troed">Mynydd Troed</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Mynydd_Llangorse" title="Mynydd Llangorse">Mynydd Llangorse</a> with <a href="/wiki/Myarth" title="Myarth">Myarth</a> in the foreground, and the western part of the Black Mountains massif in the distance.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="Geology of Brecon Beacons National Park">Geology of Brecon Beacons National Park</a></div> <p>The geology of the national park consists of a thick <a href="/wiki/Succession_(geology)" title="Succession (geology)">succession</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary rocks</a> laid down from the late <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Silurian" title="Silurian">Silurian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> to the late <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">Carboniferous</a> period. The rock sequence most closely associated with the park is the <a href="/wiki/Old_Red_Sandstone" title="Old Red Sandstone">Old Red Sandstone</a> from which most of its mountains are formed. The older parts of the succession, in the northwest, were <a href="/wiki/Fold_(geology)" title="Fold (geology)">folded</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">faulted</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_orogeny" title="Caledonian orogeny">Caledonian orogeny</a>. Further faulting and folding, particularly in the south of the park is associated with the <a href="/wiki/Variscan_orogeny" title="Variscan orogeny">Variscan orogeny</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area was inhabited during the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> and the succeeding <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>, the most obvious legacy of the latter being the numerous burial cairns which adorn the hills of the centre and west of the National Park. There are remnants of <a href="/wiki/Round_barrow" title="Round barrow">round barrows</a> on Fan Brycheiniog, Pen y Fan and Corn Du.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former was excavated in 2002–4 and the ashes in the central <a href="/wiki/Cist" title="Cist">cist</a> dated to about 2000 BCE using <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">radiocarbon dating</a>. A wreath of <a href="/wiki/Filipendula_ulmaria" title="Filipendula ulmaria">meadowsweet</a> was probably placed in the burial.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Over twenty <a href="/wiki/Hillforts_in_Britain" title="Hillforts in Britain">hillforts</a> were established in the area during the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The largest, and indeed the largest in <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>, were the pair of forts atop <a href="/wiki/Y_Garn_Goch" title="Y Garn Goch">y Garn Goch</a> near <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Carmarthenshire" title="Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire">Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire</a> – y Gaer Fawr and y Gaer Fach – literally "the big fort" and "the little fort".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The forts are thought to have once been trading and political centres. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pony_in_brecon2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Pony_in_brecon2.jpg/220px-Pony_in_brecon2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Pony_in_brecon2.jpg/330px-Pony_in_brecon2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Pony_in_brecon2.jpg/440px-Pony_in_brecon2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Pony_and_Cob" title="Welsh Pony and Cob">Welsh Mountain Pony</a></figcaption></figure> <p>When the Romans came to Wales in 43 CE, they stationed more than 600 soldiers in the area.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Y_Gaer" title="Y Gaer">Y Gaer</a>, near the town of Brecon was their main base. During the Norman Conquest many castles were erected throughout the park, including <a href="/wiki/Carreg_Cennen_Castle" title="Carreg Cennen Castle">Carreg Cennen Castle</a>. <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Castle" title="Brecon Castle">Brecon Castle</a> is of Norman origin.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are many old tracks which were used over the centuries by <a href="/wiki/Droving" title="Droving">drovers</a> to take their <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goose" title="Goose">geese</a> to market in England. The drovers brought back <a href="/wiki/Ulex" title="Ulex">gorse seed</a>, which they sowed to provide food for their <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area played a significant role during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> as various raw materials including limestone, silica sand and ironstone were quarried for transport southwards to the furnaces of the industrialising <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg/220px-National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg/330px-National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg/440px-National_Park_Visitor_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660595.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>National Park Visitors Centre (Mountain Centre)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons_Mountain_Centre" title="Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre">Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre</a> was opened in 1966 to help visitors understand and enjoy the area. This western half of the national park gained European and global status in 2005 as <a href="/wiki/Fforest_Fawr_Geopark" title="Fforest Fawr Geopark">Fforest Fawr Geopark</a>, which includes the Black Mountain, the historic extent of Fforest Fawr, and much of the Brecon Beacons range and surrounding lowlands.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entire national park achieved the status of being an <a href="/wiki/Dark-sky_preserve" title="Dark-sky preserve">International Dark Sky Reserve</a> in February 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006 and 2007, controversy surrounded the government decision to build the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Gas_Pipeline" title="South Wales Gas Pipeline">South Wales Gas Pipeline</a> through the park, the National Park Authority calling the decision a "huge blow".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_history">Natural history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Natural history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the national park is bare, grassy <a href="/wiki/Moorland" title="Moorland">moorland</a> grazed by <a href="/wiki/Welsh_pony" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh pony">Welsh mountain ponies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_mountain_sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh mountain sheep">Welsh mountain sheep</a>, with scattered <a href="/wiki/Forestry" title="Forestry">forestry</a> <a href="/wiki/Plantation" title="Plantation">plantations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">pasture</a> in the valleys. <a href="/wiki/Common_raven" title="Common raven">Common ravens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_kite" title="Red kite">red kites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_falcon" title="Peregrine falcon">peregrine falcons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_wheatear" title="Northern wheatear">northern wheatears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ring_ouzel" title="Ring ouzel">ring ouzels</a>, and the rare <a href="/wiki/Merlin_(bird)" title="Merlin (bird)">merlin</a> breeds in the park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_park">National park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: National park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_(1226611).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_%281226611%29.jpg/220px-Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_%281226611%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park_%281226611%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption>Brecon Beacons National Park sign</figcaption></figure> <p>The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the third of the three Welsh parks after <a href="/wiki/Snowdonia" title="Snowdonia">Snowdonia</a> in 1951<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_Coast_National_Park" title="Pembrokeshire Coast National Park">Pembrokeshire Coast National Park</a> in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It covers an area of 519 square miles (1,340 km<sup>2</sup>), which is much larger than the Brecon Beacons range. Over half of the park is in the south of <a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a>; the remainder of the park is split between northwestern <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a>, eastern <a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire</a>, northern <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a>, and very small areas of <a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Gwent" title="Blaenau Gwent">Blaenau Gwent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Torfaen" title="Torfaen">Torfaen</a>. </p><p>The Park as designated in 1957 covered a slightly smaller area than it does presently. A 'Variation Order' was made in June 1966 to extend it by about 4.5 square miles (12 km<sup>2</sup>) at its southeastern extremity. West of the canal, the boundary had previously been drawn along the boundary between the (then) administrative parishes of Llanover and Goytre.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The park is managed by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority, a <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales#Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of England and Wales">special purpose local authority</a> with responsibilities to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the park, aid visitors' enjoyment of the park, and support the economic and social well-being of local communities.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Park Authority has 18 members, twelve are appointed by the area's local authorities and six by the Welsh Government. Of the local authority members six are appointed by Powys County Council, and one each by the councils of Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Torfaen.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a standards committee with three members.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1995 and 2020 the park authority had 24 members, sixteen appointed by the local authorities and eight by the government.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outdoor activities in Brecon Beacons National Park include <a href="/wiki/Walking" title="Walking">walking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cycling" title="Cycling">cycling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mountain_biking" title="Mountain biking">mountain biking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horse_riding" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse riding">horse riding</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Sailing" title="Sailing">sailing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windsurfing" title="Windsurfing">windsurfing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canoeing" title="Canoeing">canoeing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">rock climbing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hang-gliding" class="mw-redirect" title="Hang-gliding">hang-gliding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travel_trailer" class="mw-redirect" title="Travel trailer">caravanning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camping" title="Camping">camping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caving" title="Caving">caving</a>. A long-distance cycling route, the <a href="/wiki/Taff_Trail" title="Taff Trail">Taff Trail</a>, passes over the Beacons on its way from Brecon to <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, and in 2005 the first walk to span the entire length of the park was opened. The 99-mile (159 km) route, called the <a href="/wiki/Beacons_Way" title="Beacons Way">Beacons Way</a>, runs from Abergavenny via The Skirrid (<span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/Ysgyryd_Fawr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ysgyryd Fawr">Ysgyryd Fawr</a></i></span>) in the east and ends in the village of <a href="/wiki/Llangadog" title="Llangadog">Llangadog</a> in <a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire</a> in the west. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panoramic view of Dan yr Ogof Showcaves grounds in Brecon Beacons National Park"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg/800px-ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg/1200px-ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg/1600px-ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8250" data-file-height="1881" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:ShowCaves_Panorama.jpg" title="File:ShowCaves Panorama.jpg"> </a></div>Panoramic view of Dan yr Ogof Showcaves grounds in Brecon Beacons National Park</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brecon_Mountain_Railway">Brecon Mountain Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Brecon Mountain Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A railway with narrow gauge trains is run by the <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Mountain_Railway" title="Brecon Mountain Railway">Brecon Mountain Railway</a>. The railway is a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><a href="/wiki/2_ft_and_600_mm_gauge_railways" title="2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">1 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">603 mm</span>) <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railway">narrow gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Tourist_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist railway">tourist railway</a> on the south side of the Brecon Beacons. It climbs northwards from <a href="/wiki/Pant_railway_station_(Brecon_Mountain_Railway)" title="Pant railway station (Brecon Mountain Railway)">Pant</a> along the full length of the <a href="/wiki/Pontsticill_Reservoir" title="Pontsticill Reservoir">Pontsticill Reservoir</a> (also called 'Taf Fechan' reservoir by <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Water">Welsh Water</a>) and continues past the adjoining <a href="/wiki/Pentwyn_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentwyn Reservoir">Pentwyn Reservoir</a> to <a href="/wiki/Torpantau_railway_station" title="Torpantau railway station">Torpantau railway station</a>. The railway's starting point at Pant is located two miles (3 km) north of Merthyr Tydfil town centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mountain_rescue">Mountain rescue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mountain rescue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg/220px-Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg/330px-Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg/440px-Brecon_beacons_in_the_snow_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3023" data-file-height="2009" /></a><figcaption>The Beacons in <a href="/wiki/Winter" title="Winter">winter</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mountain_rescue_in_Wales" title="Mountain rescue in Wales">Mountain rescue</a> in south Wales is provided by five volunteer groups, with the police having overall command. In serious situations they were historically aided by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> or <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> helicopters from <a href="/wiki/RM_Chivenor" title="RM Chivenor">RM Chivenor</a> or <a href="/wiki/RAF_Valley" title="RAF Valley">RAF Valley</a>, but since 2015 this task has been performed by <a href="/wiki/Bristow_Helicopters" title="Bristow Helicopters">Bristow Helicopters</a> on behalf of <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Coastguard" title="His Majesty's Coastguard">HM Coastguard</a>. The five groups are: </p> <ul><li>CBMRT – Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team</li> <li>BMRT – Brecon Mountain Rescue Team</li> <li>LMRT – Longtown Mountain Rescue Team based in the east</li> <li>WBMSART – Western Beacons Mountain Search and Rescue Team</li> <li>SARDA South Wales – Search and Rescue Dog Association covering South and Mid Wales</li></ul><p> The groups are funded primarily by donations. Their work is not restricted to mountain rescue – they frequently assist the police in their search for missing or vulnerable people in the community.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_training">Military training</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Military training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg/220px-Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg/330px-Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg/440px-Brecon_Beacons_UKSF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption>A soldier training in the Brecon Beacons above Llyn y Fan Fawr.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Brecon Beacons are used for training members of the UK armed forces and <a href="/wiki/Reservist" title="Reservist">military reservists</a>. The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">Army</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Infantry_Battle_School" title="Infantry Battle School">Infantry Battle School</a> is located at Brecon,<sup id="cite_ref-telegraphheatdeaths_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraphheatdeaths-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a> (SAS) and <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a> use the area to test the fitness of applicants.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraphnocharge_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraphnocharge-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An exercise unique to the area is the '<a href="/wiki/Fan_dance_(exercise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fan dance (exercise)">Fan dance</a>', which takes place on Pen y Fan.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2013 three soldiers died from overheating or <a href="/wiki/Heatstroke" class="mw-redirect" title="Heatstroke">heatstroke</a> on an SAS selection exercise. An army captain had been found dead on <a href="/wiki/Corn_Du" title="Corn Du">Corn Du</a> earlier in the year after training in freezing weather for the SAS.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraphheatdeaths_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraphheatdeaths-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_of_Bannau_Brycheiniog_in_English">Use of <i>Bannau Brycheiniog</i> in English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons_National_Park&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Use of Bannau Brycheiniog in English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 April 2023 it was announced that the National Park had officially adopted the name Bannau Brycheiniog in both Welsh and English. The new official English name became <i>Bannau Brycheiniog National Park</i>, or "the Bannau" for short. The change took effect on the same day, the 66th anniversary of the park's designation.<sup id="cite_ref-rename-guardian2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rename-guardian2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:22_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The authority stated that the change was to promote the area's culture and heritage, as well as part of a wider overhaul of how the park is managed and to address <a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Wales" title="Environmental issues in Wales">environmental issues</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:32_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and removing references to carbon-emitting beacons.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:122_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:022_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan for the park to become net zero by 2035<sup id="cite_ref-:22_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to address environmental concerns was supported by Welsh actor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change was described by a local as "pride" for Welsh-speakers, while others admitted both names would probably continue to be used.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the name change, the park also adopted a different logo, replacing its previous logo showing a lit beacon.<sup id="cite_ref-:022_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plaid Cymru's Welsh language spokesperson supported the move, while the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> welcomed the decision,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with its leader <a href="/wiki/Jane_Dodds" title="Jane Dodds">Jane Dodds</a> comparing it to movements in New Zealand. Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/James_Evans_(Welsh_politician)" title="James Evans (Welsh politician)">James Evans</a> described the move as "not a priority" for locals and raised concerns over cost, and the local Conservative MP, <a href="/wiki/Fay_Jones_(politician)" title="Fay Jones (politician)">Fay Jones</a>, argued that the English name could have been kept.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:022_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon the news of the name change the Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> stated "I'm going to keep calling it the Brecon Beacons, and I would imagine most people will do that too."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Catherine Mealing-Jones, the park authority's CEO, stated: "the name Brecon Beacons doesn't make any sense – the translation Brecon Beacons doesn't really mean anything in Welsh", adding that "a massive carbon-burning brazier is not a good look for an environmental organisation".<sup id="cite_ref-:022_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mealing-Jones admitted that people can refer to the park by either name, and that the change "isn't compulsory",<sup id="cite_ref-:32_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but hoped the emphasis on the Welsh name would encourage people to use the term. She stated: "We’d always had the name Bannau Brycheiniog as the Welsh translation and [...] we wanted to be celebrating Welsh people, Welsh culture, Welsh food, Welsh farming".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:22_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023 more than 50 local businesses in the national park campaigned for the "Brecon Beacons" name be restored alongside the Welsh name as a dual name. The campaigners say the decision did not respect Wales as a bilingual nation as it did not treat English and Welsh languages equally, and ambassadors of the park were not consulted on the name change. 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Valley</a> (partly in England)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Proposed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Mountains" title="Cambrian Mountains">Cambrian Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceiriog_Valley" title="Ceiriog Valley">Ceiriog Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berwyn_range" title="Berwyn range">Y Berwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gower_Peninsula" title="Gower Peninsula">Gower expansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldicot_and_Wentloog_Levels" title="Caldicot and Wentloog Levels">Gwent Levels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Heritage_coast" title="Heritage coast">Heritage coasts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_Heritage_Coast" title="Glamorgan Heritage Coast">Glamorgan Heritage Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">Nature reserves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_nature_reserve" title="Local nature reserve">Local nature reserves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_local_nature_reserves_in_Wales" title="List of local nature reserves in Wales">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="National nature reserve (United Kingdom)">National nature reserves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_nature_reserves_in_Wales" title="National nature reserves in Wales">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Wales" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wales">Lists</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_by_Area_of_Search" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search">by former counties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Blaenau_Gwent" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Blaenau Gwent">Blaenau Gwent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Bridgend_County_Borough" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bridgend County Borough">Bridgend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Caerphilly_County_Borough" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Caerphilly County Borough">Caerphilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Cardiff" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cardiff">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Carmarthenshire" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Ceredigion" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Conwy_County_Borough" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Conwy County Borough">Conwy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Denbighshire" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Flintshire" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Flintshire">Flintshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Gwynedd" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Anglesey" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Anglesey">Isle of Anglesey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Merthyr_Tydfil_County_Borough" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough">Merthyr Tydfil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Monmouthshire" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Neath_Port_Talbot" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Neath Port Talbot">Neath Port Talbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Newport" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Newport">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Pembrokeshire" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Powys" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Powys">Powys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Swansea" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Swansea">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Torfaen" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Torfaen">Torfaen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_the_Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan">Vale of Glamorgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Wrexham_County_Borough" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wrexham County Borough">Wrexham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_the_Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Brecon Beacons National Park">Brecon Beacons NP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">European designations (–2020)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Area_of_Conservation" title="Special Area of Conservation">Special Area of Conservation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_in_Wales" title="List of Special Areas of Conservation in Wales">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Area" title="Special Protection Area">Special Protection Areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Special_Protection_Areas_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="List of Special Protection Areas in the United Kingdom">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Other designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cadw_properties" title="List of Cadw properties">Cadw properties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_scheduled_monuments_in_Wales" title="Lists of scheduled monuments in Wales">Scheduled monuments</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Trust_properties_in_Wales" title="List of National Trust properties in Wales">National Trust properties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Wales" title="Listed buildings in Wales">Listed buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadw/ICOMOS_Register_of_Parks_and_Gardens_of_Special_Historic_Interest_in_Wales" title="Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales">Registered historic parks and gardens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#AFD697;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Protected_areas_of_Wales" title="Category:Protected areas of Wales">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#DCF2CF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:National_parks_in_the_UK" title="Template:National parks in the UK"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:National_parks_in_the_UK" title="Template talk:National parks in the UK"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:National_parks_in_the_UK" title="Special:EditPage/Template:National parks in the UK"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">National parks of the United Kingdom</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#EBF7E3;"><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of England">England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peak_District" title="Peak District">Peak District</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District">Lake District</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmoor" title="Dartmoor">Dartmoor</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_York_Moors" title="North York Moors">North York Moors</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Dales_National_Park" title="Yorkshire Dales National Park">Yorkshire Dales</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exmoor" title="Exmoor">Exmoor</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_National_Park" title="Northumberland National Park">Northumberland</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Broads" title="The Broads">The Broads</a>‡ (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Forest" title="New Forest">New Forest</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Downs_National_Park" title="South Downs National Park">South Downs</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pennines_Regional_Park" title="South Pennines Regional Park">South Pennines Regional Park</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#EBF7E3;"><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mourne_Mountains" title="Mourne Mountains">Mourne Mountains</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#EBF7E3;"><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Scotland" title="National parks of Scotland">Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loch_Lomond_and_The_Trossachs_National_Park" title="Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park">Loch Lomond and The Trossachs</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairngorms_National_Park" title="Cairngorms National Park">Cairngorms</a> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#EBF7E3;"><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Wales" title="National parks of Wales">Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snowdonia" title="Snowdonia">Snowdonia</a> (Eryri; 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_Coast_National_Park" title="Pembrokeshire Coast National Park">Pembrokeshire Coast</a> (1952)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brecon Beacons</a> (Bannau Brycheiniog; 1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Wales_National_Park" title="North East Wales National Park">North East Wales</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#EBF7E3;"><div><i>Parentheses denote year of establishment as a National Park. 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