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For the national park, now also known as "Bannau Brycheiniog", see <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="Brecon Beacons National Park">Brecon Beacons National Park</a>.</span> <span>For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Brecon Beacons (disambiguation)">Brecon Beacons (disambiguation)</a>.</span></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:24.5em; line-height:1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Brecon Beacons</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader nickname"><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Bannau Brycheiniog</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding: 0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_%28cropped%29.jpg/272px-View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="272" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_%28cropped%29.jpg/408px-View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_%28cropped%29.jpg/544px-View_from_Cribyn_to_Pen_Y_Fan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3447271_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1758" data-file-height="1061" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding: 0.2em 0em;">Part of the Brecon Beacons range, looking from <a href="/wiki/Cribyn_(mountain)" title="Cribyn (mountain)">Cribyn</a> to <a href="/wiki/Pen_y_Fan" title="Pen y Fan">Pen y Fan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corn_Du" title="Corn Du">Corn Du</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Highest point</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pen_y_Fan" title="Pen y Fan">Pen y Fan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Summit" title="Summit">Elevation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">886 m (2,907 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .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&params=51.88328_N_3.43684_W_region:GB-POW_type:mountain_scale:100000"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°53′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°26′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.88328°N 3.43684°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.88328; -3.43684</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_3c9f01ad24169cbafc8c4ccd6644b17388d12e99"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Brecon_Beacons&revid=1256145553&groups=_3c9f01ad24169cbafc8c4ccd6644b17388d12e99" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Brecon_Beacons&revid=1256145553&groups=_3c9f01ad24169cbafc8c4ccd6644b17388d12e99 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geology</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geological_time_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Geological time scale">Rock age</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rock_types" title="List of rock types">Rock type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">Sedimentary</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Brecon Beacons</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Bannau Brycheiniog</i>; <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Welsh" title="Help:IPA/Welsh">[ˈbanai̯<span class="wrap"> </span>brəˈχei̯njɔɡ]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement 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","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Bannau Brycheiniog.wav"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/Bannau_Brycheiniog.wav/Bannau_Brycheiniog.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Bannau_Brycheiniog.wav" title="File:Bannau Brycheiniog.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are a mountain range in Wales. The range includes South Wales's highest mountain, <a href="/wiki/Pen_y_Fan" title="Pen y Fan">Pen y Fan</a> (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> its twin summit <a href="/wiki/Corn_Du" title="Corn Du">Corn Du</a> (873 metres (2,864 ft)),<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> and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Gwaun_Taf" title="Craig Gwaun Taf">Craig Gwaun Taf</a> (826 metres (2,710 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> which are the three highest peaks in the range. The Brecon Beacons have given their name to the larger <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="Brecon Beacons National Park">Brecon Beacons National Park</a>, and the range itself is therefore sometimes known as the <b>Central Beacons</b> to differentiate the two. </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&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-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<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_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gomer-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<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-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<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 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-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><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> 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-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<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_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Central_Beacons-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<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&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><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_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 <a href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="Brecon Beacons National Park">Brecon Beacons National Park</a> (bordered), with the Brecon Beacons located in the central area of the national park.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Brecon Beacons 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>cymoedd</i>, sing. <i>cwm</i>) or round-headed valleys; from west to east these are Cwm Sere, Cwm Cynwyn, Cwm Oergwm and Cwm Cwareli. </p><p>The Brecon Beacons range, Fforest Fawr, and Black Mountain form a continuous massif of high ground above 300 metres (1000 feet). The <a href="/wiki/A470" class="mw-redirect" title="A470">A470</a> road forms an approximate boundary between the central Beacons and Fforest Fawr. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_park">National park</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National park"><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/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="Brecon Beacons National Park">Brecon Beacons National Park</a></div> <p>The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<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-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<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-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<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> <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&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Brecon Mountain Railway"><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/Brecon_Mountain_Railway" title="Brecon Mountain Railway">Brecon Mountain Railway</a></div> <p>A railway with narrow gauge trains is run by the Brecon Mountain Railway. 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 range. 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="Military_training">Military training</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecon_Beacons&action=edit&section=5" 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_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraphheatdeaths-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<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_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraphnocharge-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> 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-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<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. 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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" 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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 href="/wiki/Brecon_Beacons_National_Park" title="Brecon Beacons National Park">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. An area with <b>‡</b> has similar status to a UK National Park. Areas marked <b>†</b> are proposed.</i></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="Regions_and_regional_bodies_of_Wales" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist 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:#AFD697;"><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:Regions_of_Wales" title="Template:Regions of Wales"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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title="International Territorial Level">ITL</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Wales" title="East Wales">East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales_and_the_Valleys" title="West Wales and the Valleys">West Wales and the Valleys</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Wales" title="West Wales">West Wales</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">StatsWales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</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/Geography_of_Wales" title="Geography of Wales">Geographical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">Physical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brecon Beacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_of_Wales" title="Desert of Wales">Desert of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elenydd" title="Elenydd">Elenydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowdonia" title="Snowdonia">Snowdonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_(region)" title="Swansea Bay (region)">Swansea Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Clwyd" title="Vale of Clwyd">Vale of Clwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Lake_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Lake District">Welsh Lake District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;font-weight:normal;background:#AFD697;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Wales" title="North East Wales">North East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Wales" title="North West Wales">North West Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Wales" title="Mid Wales">Mid Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_South_West_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid and South West Wales">Mid and South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales" title="Mid and West Wales">Mid and West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">South West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Wales" title="East Wales">East Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales" title="West Wales">West Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wales_and_the_Valleys" title="West Wales and the Valleys">West Wales and the Valleys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Historical</th><td 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