Talybont-on-Usk WI offers newcomers a warm welcome
The Women’s Institute have become famous for their calendar girls but the WI in Talybont-on-Usk are going the extra mile for people moving to the pretty village in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park and offering them a Welcome Hamper to help them join the local community from the word go. …
New range of National Park merchandise now available from re-launched online shop
Customers can now buy online at https://www.beacons-npa.gov.uk/shop/ 20% discount offered over St David’s Day weekend Do you love the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park? Are you looking for a memento of your visit to our National Park in South Wales? Good news is at hand - Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority are…
Controlled burning to protect against wildfires
Last week, residents near Trap, below the Black Mountain, may have been alarmed to see a fire on Mynydd Isaf common near Carreg Cennen Castle, but this time the fire was both intentional and beneficial. Organised by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority, more than 40 registered commoners, representing Grazing Associations from…
New Nature Fund grant helps restore National Park landscapes
Repairs to a damaged peat bog and a popular walking route began in spectacular style earlier today (Monday 23rd February) with the airlift of hundreds of tonnes of heather brash and crushed stone to the top of Waun Fach - the highest hill in the Black Mountains. The airlift kick…
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority hosts European tourism visit
A Rural Alliances funded European tourism visit came to a close last week (Friday 13th February 2015) after two days of insightful talks, workshops and visits to some of the National Park’s leading tourism hot spots. Hosted by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority – the lead partner on the…
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park boundary digitally updated
The Bannau Brycheiniog National Park’s boundary has been digitally interpreted for the first time since its designation in 1955 as a result of a joint partnership project led by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority and Natural Resources Wales. Earlier this week, the two organisations completed the joint project which ensures…
News release from the National Trust in Wales: Welsh plant hunter's new discovery named after Sir David Attenborough
Welsh plant hunter’s new discovery named after Sir David Attenborough Hawkweed on the cliffs at Cribyn in the Bannau Brycheiniog. Credit Tim Rich A new species of wild flower, Hieracium attenboroughianum, Attenborough’s Hawkweed, which was found a decade ago in the central Bannau Brycheiniog in South Wales has been named…