Brecon Beacons News

The Blaenau Gwent Heritage Day will take place at the Tabor Centre, Brynmawr on Saturday 18th October from 10am. For more details, click here

The Trust for Welsh Archaeology (Heneb) is holding a series of talks at Henderson Hall Talybont-on-Usk on 4th October. Explore the fascinating archaeological heritage of mid and southeast Wales through a series of talks. More details avn be downloaded here. Tickets available at Eventbrite.

Weekend 27th – 28th September 2025 at Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Visitor Centre and Weekend 11 – 12 October at Craig-y-Nos Country Park. Join us for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of establishing UNESCO Geopark in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons). On Saturday 27th September 2025, the Visitor Centre will host geology and archaeology stalls,…

The Tramroads Project is an important project being run by the Society to identify, map and, possible, list all of the known tramroads in the National Park. See our Tramroads project Page for more details.

We are delighted to announce that we have recieved a grant from the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority’s Park Sustainable Development Fund. This grant, together with matched funding from BBPS, has enabled the Tramroads Project to secure the services of a much needed Professional Archaeologist. Work has now started on the training of our volunteers…

Katherine Jordan has recently prodiuces a series of leaflets which describe all the work the Society does. You can download a copy by going to the AboutUs/Publications page on this website. It would be very helpful if you could make sure these are in your local library/village centre/tourist information office etc. Please contact Katherine using…

Meryl James has now joined as Events Secretary, taking over from Ade Claughan. There is an exciting series of talks for the remainder of this year:- May 21st UHambo, The Walk in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho July 2nd Tramroads of the Brecon Beacons August 13th Black Mountains College September 17th Early Ironmaking in the…

The Bear, Crickhowell 7.30 pm on 8th January 2025 Waterfall Country – Natural Resources Wales. We all know the pressures the Waterfall Country is under from the huge number of visitors. This talk will explain their project to work with all interested parties to achieve an holistic approach to visitor management and the protection of…

Allan Gibbs. BBPS Talk at The Bear. 7.30pm Wednesday 13th November 2024   Allan Gibbs, Technical Adviser for the BBPS Walks Programme, is talking about a recent trip to Iceland. Not, obviously, to buy beer but to climb the highest mountain there. This being: Hvannadadalshnuker 2119m/6952ft. This peak is at the top of the largest…

The latest edition of Society News is now available. Click here to download your copy.

This year’s Dark Sky Festival will be held on Saturday 21st September. There is a large range of events on at the National Park Visitor Centre at Libanus from 10am until the early evening. You can download the complete programme here in English or Welsh. Or book at www.breconbeacons.org/stargazing

75 years on from the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, Campaign for National Parks have carried out an assessment of nature recovery in our National Parks and the results are clear; nature is struggling in many parts of the parks and needs urgent help getting back to full health. National Parks and…