Brecon Beacons News

The award-winning, headline-grabbing campaign which raised more than £100,000 to repair Britain’s hills and mountains has returned – and is raising its sights ten times higher. Mend Our Mountains: Make One Million aims to raise £1 million in total for a range of vital path repair projects within Britain’s entire family of 15 National Parks.…

Hello all fellow members of the Park Society. Your new Executive Committee has settled well into their roles in running the Society, but the demands on their time is still unsustainable due to trying to cover for the roles that have not yet been filled, namely Secretary and Minutes Secretary. The Minutes Secretary role only…

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority are pleased to announce that they have appointed Julian Atkins as their new Chief Executive Officer, Julian will take up the post on 1st February 2018. Julian is currently the Countryside and Land Management Director at the park and Authority members voted unanimously following an extensive recruitment campaign and a…

On behalf of Keep Wales Tidy and the partners to the ‘Living Wells’ Project GKA is pleased to invite you to a workshop-style meeting to discuss and comment on the emerging plans for a series of Living Wells project ‘Activities’ that we sincerely hope will form the basis of a successful Stage 2 bid to…

Nicky Davies ecologist with the National Park is looking to put together a programme of work to further the eradication work at Cwm Bwchel in 2018. Would you be able to help recruit volunteer groups or point us in the direction of groups to assist us to be able to continue this work? Cwm Bwchel…

We are encouraging Members who walk in the National Park to give their views in this short survey the Authority is conducting as a part of their Rights of Way Improvement Plan. Go to the Survey

Powys Uplands – Policy and Brexit A day seminar to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing our Powys uplands. Organised by Brecon & Radnor Branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales. Saturday 21st October 10am to 4pm The Knighton Hotel Knighton LD7 1BL To register and to book please telephone 01497 821668…

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the National Park. A series of talks, presentation and exhibitions on the heritage of the National Park and current projects at the Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. The event is free, but ticketed. Tickets are available from the Box Office at the theatre :- www.theatrbrycheiniog.co.uk 01874 611622 . . . . PROGRAMME…

Future Landscapes Wales was commissioned in October 2015 by the then Minister for Natural Resources, Carl Sargeant AM. A Future Landscapes Working Group was convened to consider the recommendations of the 2015 Marsden Report in more detail. The group published a report in May 2017. The Alliance for Welsh Designated Landscapes (consisting of representatives of…

BBPS in conjunction with the other two Welsh National Parks and representatives from many other organisations dedicated to protecting our Designated Landscapes (National Parks, AONBs etc) form the Alliance for Welsh Designated Landscapes (http://www.afwdl.cymru/) The Alliance has submitted a response to the Welsh Government’s Consultation on the Sustainable Management of Wales’s Natural Resources. The Alliance…

Proposals by the Welsh Government in their report “Future Landscapes” risk putting their international status of recognition by the influential International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Read more at at Wales Online or BBC News. The Alliance for National Parks (Cymru) – now re-named the Alliance for Welsh Designated Landscapes – will be publishing a response…

The National Park Visitor Centre, Libanus and Craig-y-Nos Country Park, Pen-y-Cae. 30th July 2017 from 11.00 – 15.00 Pick a venue, bring a picnic and come and celebrate! Activities – all free but must be booked on the day at the welcome desk. Decorate a cupcake, family arts & crafts activities, have a go at…