Brecon Beacons News

Talks from June to October in the Events section of our website : – Andrew Stumpf on the Monmouthshire & Brecon canal, Jo and Jonathan Carthew on the Black Mountains Smokery, Duncan Forbes on Brecon Mountain Rescue, and Roger White has agreed to return to give again his talk, “Buen Camino! Hiking the Pilgrims’ Way…

The Annual General Meeting of the Brecon Beacons Park Society will take place at Carreg Cennen Castle on Saturday 23rd June 2018 starting at 10.30am. All members are invited to attend and may bring a guest. Please download the Invitation so that you can book your place(s). After the formal part of the meeting there…

This year’s AGM will be held at Carreg Cennen Castle on Saturday, 23rd June. Our new Secretary, Alan Roberts, has negotiated a unique deal to allow us to use the Castle for our AGM. This will be a great opportunity to visit the castle and its surrounds. More information to follow.

Hiking the Pilgrims’ Way to Santiago – talk at the Bear, Crickhowell 14th March We would like to sincerely apologise to all those people who were unable to gain entrance to Roger White’s talk last night.  Unexpectedly the event was dramatically oversubscribed which meant unfortunately that for capacity reasons, some members were denied access and…

The National Park Authority has received an application from the Trustees of the Brecknock Agricultural Society and Brecon Rugby Football Club to divert part of the above right of way at Brecon Rugby Football Ground and Brecon Show Ground. footpath to a line that partly reflects public use on the ground. The footpath as shown on…

Village Hall, Pontneddfechan Saturday 10th March 11am to 3pm Volunteers needed for various projects focusing on ecology, history, building conservation or even becoming a member of BBNPA volunteer warden team. Full training provided, all welcome, come along to learn more about how to get involved

The Welsh Government are now advertising a member vacancy on the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. For more information click here.      

The National Grid are about to replace the overhead power lines in several areas in the north of the County and this will mean the temporary closure of a large number of footpaths for up to 6 months from 8 February. The areas affected are Llanfoist,  Llantillio Pertholey,  Llanover,  LLantillio Crosenny and Llangattog von Avel, and…

Brecon & Radnor CPRW has made a petition to the Welsh Assembly Petitions Committee about better regulation of the Intensive Poultry Farming Industry in Wales to protect the environment for future generations. Many CPRW branches are struggling with a flood of applications for intensive poultry units and this branch has tried everything they can think…

Written Statement – Chair of Future Landscapes Wales Last updated 06 December 2017 From Hannah Blythyn, Minister for Environment “Following his appointment as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM will not continue in his role with the Future Landscapes Wales group. I am, therefore, taking this opportunity to pause and reflect on the…

The National Park Authority would like your views on the webcasting service as part of their decision making process prior to renewing the contract. If you have used this service could you please complete their short survey at http://www.beacons-npa.gov.uk/the-authority/webcasting/

The HQ and storage site for the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team was very badly damaged by fire last Saturday night. Much of their equipment has been damaged or totally destroyed. You can see more information on the extent of the fire here. This at the busiest time for our Mountain Rescue teams. Whilst they…