Brecknock, is a market town and community in Powys, Mid Wales, with a population in 2001 of 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 Census. Historically it was the county town of Brecknockshire; although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of the County of Powys, it remains an important local centre. Brecon is the third largest town in Powys, after Newtown and Ystradgynlais. It lies north of the Brecon Beacons mountain range, but is just within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Population: 7,989
Latitude: 51° 56' 46.03" N
Longitude: -3° 23' 19.93" W
The Battle of Cadfan was fought in 1257 between English and Welsh forces. The Battle consisted of two military engagements; one at Coed Llathen and the other at Cymerau. The word Cadfan is a combination of the Welsh words 'Cad' (meaning battle) and …
Aberyscir is a village in the community of Ysgir, Powys, Wales, which is 35 miles (57km) from Cardiff and 146 miles (235km) from London.
Abersychan and Talywain railway station served the west of Abersychan village in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
Abernant (English: Mouth of the Spring) is a hamlet 6 miles south of Builth Wells, Powys and is 75 miles (121km) from Cardiff and 150 miles (242km) from London.
Abbey Dore Court is a minor country house in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England.
The A482 road is a major route in the Welsh counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.
Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is the hospital opened in October 2010 to replace the old Ebbw Vale Hospital, which closed at the end of 2005. It cost £34 million and stands on the site of the former Ebbw Vale Steelworks.
Wyesham Halt was a request stop at Wyesham on the former Wye Valley Railway, it was also used by the Coleford Railway.
Varteg (Welsh: Farteg or Y Farteg) is a village in the county borough of Torfaen in Wales.
The Usk Reservoir is located in the upper Usk Valley, at 1,050 feet (320 m) above sea level, in Carmarthenshire, south Wales.
Trefeca (also Trefecca, Trevecca, and Trevecka) was the home of 18th-century Methodist leader Hywel Harris (English: Howell Harris), located in Wales between Talgarth and Llangorse Lake.
Tir-Phil railway station is a railway station serving the village of Tir-Phil and the town of New Tredegar, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. Work to extend the platform to take the proposed six car trains ha…
Talyllyn Junction was a railway junction located 4 miles east of Brecon, Powys, opened in 1863. The junction was triangular, with north, east and west chords, station platforms being sited at the western junction and also, until 1878, at the eastern…
The Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres (1.29 km2).
The South Wales Traverse is a long distance fell running challenge across the mountains of South Wales. It is a linear route of 118 kilometres (73 mi) taking in some 31 summits over 610 metres (2,000 ft) high, giving about 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) o…
Saint Guthlac's Priory was a Benedictine priory in Hereford, England at grid reference SO51534019.
The River Trothy (Welsh: Afon Troddi) is a river which flows through north Monmouthshire, in rural south east Wales.
Pontsticill is a village within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It lies within the valley of the Taf Fechan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.