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Brecknockshire South Powys |
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- Woodlands
Location
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the locations to find their names. Click on the
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38. Tywi Forest |
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SN825540
Forestry Commission |
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Tywi Forest is a vast
plantation, covering both hilltops and valleys in the mid
Wales Cambrian Mountains. The unique landscape of Tywi
Forest provides spectacular views including the Llyn Brianne
Reservoir. |
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39. Fwng |
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SN880470
Forestry Commission |
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Picnic site with 1 mile circular
health walk |
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40. Irfon |
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SN880470
Forestry Commission |
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Three forest Blocks, separated
by two valleys providing breathtaking scenery with rolling
hills and rugged mountains, spectacular passes and gentle
valleys, open pastures and thick forest, trickling streams
and gushing falls. |
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41. Crychan |
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SN798378
Forestry Commission |
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A large easily accessible
forest, riven with many valleys, some with streams others
not. Borders large military firing range. |
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42. Recreation at
Talybont Forestry Commission |
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Talybont forest lies along the
side of Glyn Collwn and the Talybont Reservoir. At the head
of the forest are the waterfalls of Blaen-y-glyn. At the end
of the 19th century the valley contained at least ten farms.
Small fields with stone walls surrounded each farmstead, and
the nearby woodland provided timber for building and wood
for fuel. During the 19th century limestone was quarried and
transported along the Brynore tramway and Brecon Merthyr
railway to the mountains of South Wales. The old course of
the railway is now part of the Taff trail which is suitable
for Walkers and Cyclists
with
access at:
Upper Blaen-y-Glyn
Car Park
SO 056176
and
Lower Blaen-y-Glyn
Car Park
SO 064169 |
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43.
Recreation at Halfway Forestry Commission |
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Largely Coniferous forest in a
steeply sided valley. A 1 or 2 mile way-marked Health Walk
starts from a small parking area at the 1st road junction.
This easy circular walk follows either side of the river
Nant Y Dresglen
with
access at:
Halfway Forest
SN835330
and
Crychan
SN798378 |
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44.
Tywi Forest Fannog |
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SN 810514
Forestry Commission |
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Fannog lies on the eastern side
of the Llyn Brianne Reservoir and in the southern end of the
Tywi Forest. The area offers magnificent views and large
areas for recreational enjoyment |
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45.
Pwll-y-Wrach |
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SO 165326, Brecknock
Wildlife Trust |
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21 acres (8.5 ha) of broadleaved
woodland of considerable botanical interest, set in a narrow
steep-sided valley. The reserve also holds a fine sculpted
waterfall, some quarry faces and an old tramway. There is
also a geology trail and leaflet to the geological features. |
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46.
Rook Wood,
Powys |
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SO218407
Woodland Trust 10.4 ha (25.7 acres) |
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Rook Wood is a mixed broadleaf
ancient woodland just to the south of Hay on Wye, near the
England-Wales border. A beech plantation was established on
the site in 1955, but following thinning operations in the
1990s and general decline of the beech crop, the site is
increasingly dominated by ash, birch, oak and other native
broadleaves. |
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47.
Park
Wood, Powys |
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SO166346 Woodland Trust 57.13 ha (141.17
acres) |
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Park Wood is a long, narrow belt
of woodland occupying the crest of a low hill and
overlooking the nearby town of Talgarth. It is a major
landscape feature for many miles to the West and North. It
is part of Brecon Beacons National Park and is of reasonable
scale in the surrounding hilly landscape. |
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48.
Coed
Dyfodol Sarnau, Powys |
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SO022325 Woodland Trust 10.14 ha (25.06
acres) |
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Coed Dyfodol lies within Brecon
Beacon National Park and is a combination of ancient
semi-natural woodland, new woodland on a former ancient
woodland site, hay meadow and rush pasture. Much of the site
is undergoing restoration in order to re-establish
semi-natural habitats and create a greater diversity of
habitats. |
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49.
Coed Cefn,
Powys |
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SO226185
Woodland Trust 11.18 ha (27.63 acres) |
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Coed Cefn occupies a low, gentle
hilltop overlooking Crickhowell, which lies 1 mile to the
east.
Most of the woodland canopy consists of blocks of oak, beech
and Norway spruce planted in 1958, and self-sown ash
predominates on the southern side and in the western tail of
the wood there are found semi-mature oak and sycamore,
under-planted in places with Grand fir. |
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50.
Abertreweren, Powys |
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SN920260
Woodland Trust 7.46 ha (18.43 acres) |
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The site is located on a steep
west-facing slope overlooking a deep, wide valley of mostly
improved pasture, with the A4067 running through it. The
northern section of this ancient woodland site was clear
felled circa 1981 and part restocked with native broadleaves
and natural regeneration, and part planted with hybrid
larch. The southern half still exists as mature ancient semi
natural woodland, mostly sessile oak, downy birch and rowan,
with ash and alder on spring lines, and a scattered
under-storey of hazel and hawthorn. |
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51.
Coed
Glyn Gwennws, Powys |
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SN842137
Woodland Trust 3.01 ha (7.44 acres) |
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Coed Glyn Gwennws lies in the
upper reaches of the Afon Tawe catchment within the Brecon
Beacons National Park. The key features of the site are wood
pasture, new native community woodland and public access. A
rocky tor with extensive bracken, scrub and patchy acidic
grassland dominates the reserve with slopes extending to the
site boundaries. The upper part of the tor was planted with
mixed broadleaves in 2000 as a local community millennium
wood as part of the Woodland Trust’s Woods on your Doorstep
scheme. |
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52.
Battle Hill |
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SO 010345
Forestry Commission |
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Take the Unclassified road NW
from Brecon, passing through Cradoc and Battle villages. At
the carpark there are provisions for horse riding, walking,
barbequing and picnicking. |
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53.
Taf Fechan Forestry Commission |
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Large
upland Forest situated on the South side of the Brecon
Beacons, deep into the National Park.
Planted around the reservoirs, Taf Fechan is a picturesque
area which although popular, is a good place to find
secluded picnic spots and resting places.
Enter at:
Owls Grove SO
051 169
Excellent stopping off place in
Taf Fechan forest.
The site is a mixture of
open space, forest and stream. There is room for 30 cars and
there is ample space for picnicking. |
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54.
Waterfalls |
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SN912079
Forestry Commission - Brecon Beacons National Park Forests |
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Nowhere else in Wales can you
find so many spectacular waterfalls in such a small area.
Water is inseparable from the Welsh Landscape whether
flowing in a river or babbling in a brook. Here the rivers
Mellte, Hepste and Neddfechan have worn away soft rocks to
create steep wooded gorges full of caves and the famous
waterfalls. Enter
through:
Forestry
Commission -Gwaun
Hepste Car Park
SN 936126
Forestry
Commission -Pont
Melin-fach
SN 908105
Forestry
Commission -Dinas
Rock
SN912079 |
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55.
Glasfynydd
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SN 821272 Forestry Commission - Brecon
Beacons National Park Forests |
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Nestling in the upper reaches of
the River Usk, Glasfynydd Forest provides excellent
opportunities for walking and cycling around the Usk
reservoir. |
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56.
Coed Taf Fawr |
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SO 003
132 Forestry Commission |
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Fun for all the family at
Garwnant Visitor Centre. As well as being the gateway to the
Brecon Beacons National Park it is the centre for the Coed
Taf Fawr woodlands. There is a fantastic ropes course for
the adventurous as well as woodland walking trails and a
family cycle route. There is a new toddler’s play area. |
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57.
Cwm Giedd
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SN792128 Forestry Commission - Brecon Beacons
National Park Forests |
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Although a relatively small
wood, from the car park, there are a number of internal
roads and paths suitable for linear scenic walks and out
onto the Black Mountains and up to one of several aircraft
crash sites. |
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58.
Blaen Llia |
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SN 927175, Forestry Commission |
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Secluded car park in a little
known area of the National Park. The site is popular with
those looking for a Streamside picnic. |
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59.
Mynydd Du |
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SO 268252, Forestry Commission - Brecon
Beacons National Park Forests |
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The
forest of Mynydd Du lies in the upper reaches of the Grwyne
Fawr on the southern side of the Black Mountains. Until the
19th century the valley was intensively settled with over 30
farmsteads surrounded by small stone-walled fields.
In the early 20th century the Grwyne Fawr reservoir was
built at the head of the valley and a village was
established to house the workers. Foundations of several
village buildings, including the old stone school can still
be seen. |
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Contact
Information |
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Brecon Beacons National Park Forests - Forestry
Commission |
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Brecknock Wild Life Trust
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Woodland Trust Sites
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