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Pontsticill Reservoir or Taf Fechan Reservoir is a large reservoir on the Taf Fechan lying partly in the county of Powys and partly within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales.

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1 - Talybont Reservoir

   7 km away

Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres. Talybont-on-Usk is 1.5 miles downstream of the dam.

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2 - Brecon Beacons

   9 km away

The Brecon Beacons are a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks which lie to the south of Brecon.

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3 - Mountain bike in Brecon Beacons National Park

   12 km away

Open to all levels of ability. As a registered centre for mountain bike leader training, you are in the right hands to really develop your technical skills and learn new ones. You will get involved in drop-offs, technical climbing, single track, bunn...

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4 - Pen y Fan

   10 km away

Pen y Fan is the highest peak in South Wales, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park. At 886 metres above sea-level, it is also the highest British peak south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia.

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5 - Brecon Beacons National Park

   11 km away

The Brecon Beacons National Park is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales.

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6 - Canyoning in Brecon Beacons National Park

   12 km away

Open to all levels of ability. Gorge walking is everything your mother told you not to do in rivers. Jumping off waterfalls, abseiling down cliffs into plunge pools sliding down rocks, scrambling under rocks! and most of all getting wet and having fu...

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7 - Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

   14 km away

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently navigable 35-mile length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and its present rural character and tranquillity belies its original purpose as an industrial corridor for coal and iron, which were brought to the canal by a network of tramways and/or railroads, many of which were built and owned by the canal company.

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8 - Brecon

   16 km away

Brecon and Radnorshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1918, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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9 - Kayaking in Brecon Beacons National Park

   12 km away

Outdoor Adventures now only offer sit-on kayaking as opposed to traditional kayaking and canoeing. The reason for this is that over the years we have found participants tend to feel trapped and confined in traditional kayaks, and find it difficult to...

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10 - Rhigos

   16 km away

Rhigos is a small village on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley. It was part of the old Neath Rural district Council under Glamorgan until 1974.

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11 - Big Pit National Coal Museum

   19 km away

Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit Trust.

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12 - Rock climbing in Brecon Beacons National Park

   12 km away

Open to all levels of ability. Involves climbing on an attached rope up single pitch climbs. This is suitable for beginners and intermediate climbers who wish to develop their climbing technique. You will have the opportunity to learn about rope rigg...

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13 - Henrhyd Falls

   20 km away

Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in southern Wales with a drop of 90 feet. It lies on National Trust land, in the county of Powys.

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14 - Llyn y Fan Fach

   27 km away

Llyn y Fan Fach is a lake of approximately 10 hectares on the northern margin of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, South Wales and lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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15 - Barranquismo in Brecon Beacons National Park

   12 km away

Open to all levels of ability. Gorge walking is everything your mother told you not to do in rivers. Jumping off waterfalls, abseiling down cliffs into plunge pools sliding down rocks, scrambling under rocks! and most of all getting wet and having fu...

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16 - Caerphilly Castle

   29 km away

Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers.

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17 - Newport

   36 km away

Newport is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles northeast of Cardiff.

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18 - Roath Park

   36 km away

Roath Park Cardiff, Wales, is one of Cardiff's most popular parks, owned by Cardiff County Council and managed by the Parks Section. It retains a classic Victorian atmosphere and has many facilities.

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19 - St Fagans

   36 km away

St Fagans is a village and community in the west of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is home to the St Fagans National History Museum.

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20 - Cardiff

   39 km away

Cardiff is a city and the capital of Wales. It is the United Kingdom's eleventh-largest city. As Wales' chief commercial centre, Cardiff is the base for most national cultural institutions and Welsh media, and is the seat of Senedd Cymru, the Welsh Parliament.

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21 - Rest Bay

   43 km away

Rest Bay is a bay and beach near Porthcawl on the coast of Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The long sandy beach is west facing and is popular with surfers, though facilities have been basic. There is a pay and display carpark. A cafe, Mac's, was located nearby.

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22 - Penarth Pier Pavilion

   44 km away
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