Julie’s guidebook of local attractions, shops, pubs and restaurants
local shops
Local petrol station with excellent cafe and a good selection of provisions, beer and wine
Glanusk Cafe
A40Local petrol station with excellent cafe and a good selection of provisions, beer and wine
Sennybridge Post Office
High Streeteveryone needs the post office,
Zeera
103 The StruetGreat food great service, eat in or take away, Brecon.
Mayflower Chinese Take Away
21 High StreetBest Chinese take away. closed Tuesday's. Llandovery
Biped Cycles
10 Ship StGreat little bike shop, pick up spares or get repairs carried out, also hire bikes
Food scene
White House Inn
Good food and beer
The Tanners Arms
Another great local with an excellent selection of beers
Abercamlais Arms
another favourite with the locals, good beer, good food.
Usk & Railway Inn
Great pub serving excellent food and beer .
Nantyffin Cider Mill Inn
Brecon Roadanother favourite venue for food
Peterstone Court Country House & Spa
Well worth a visit
Honey Cafe
Very popular venue with locals and visitors
The Three Horseshoes Inn
another very popular venue,
If gourmet burgers are your thing, you really need to pay this place a visit, amazing food all locally sourced, and fantastic views, what's not to like
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HILLS
Hay RoadIf gourmet burgers are your thing, you really need to pay this place a visit, amazing food all locally sourced, and fantastic views, what's not to like
Sightseeing
Llyn y Fan Fawr
A fantastic location with few visitors.
The local town, usual supermarkets, out door gear supplies, good pubs, cafes and restaurants
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Brecon
The local town, usual supermarkets, out door gear supplies, good pubs, cafes and restaurants
Zip World Tower
WOW! are you brave enough?
spend a fun day wandering in the caves and dinosaurs, and it's only 10 minutes up the road
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Þjóðar Showcaves Miðstöð fyrir Wales
spend a fun day wandering in the caves and dinosaurs, and it's only 10 minutes up the road
always worth a visit.
https://www.penderyn.wales/
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Penderyn Distillery Visitor Centre
Pontprenalways worth a visit.
https://www.penderyn.wales/
Visit a 13th century castle. amazing views.
http://www.carregcennencastle.com/
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Carreg Cennen kastali
Visit a 13th century castle. amazing views.
http://www.carregcennencastle.com/
very popular and only 15 minutes away,
http://www.redkiteswales.co.uk/
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Red Kite Feeding Station Llanddeusant
very popular and only 15 minutes away,
http://www.redkiteswales.co.uk/
Pen-y-Fan walk
very popular with visitors and locals
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Local attraction, walk or cycle along the tow path,
Great local theatre with plenty going on.
https://www.brycheiniog.co.uk/en
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Theatr Brycheiniog
Great local theatre with plenty going on.
https://www.brycheiniog.co.uk/en
Henrhyd foss
Dol HenrhydHighest waterfall in south Wales
A nice easy 6 mile loop, a mixture of firm dirt tracks and tarmac, surrounded by fantastic countryside. You can also book a full or half day fishing via https://www.fishingpassport.co.uk/fishing/reservoirs/usk-reservoir/book
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Usk Reservoir
A nice easy 6 mile loop, a mixture of firm dirt tracks and tarmac, surrounded by fantastic countryside. You can also book a full or half day fishing via https://www.fishingpassport.co.uk/fishing/reservoirs/usk-reservoir/book
Visit https://www.crychanforest.org.uk/ for all the details on walks and mountain biking tracks, GPX files for download.
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Crychan Forest
Visit https://www.crychanforest.org.uk/ for all the details on walks and mountain biking tracks, GPX files for download.
A bit further out but well worth a visit to see the dams and the surrounding countryside.
https://www.elanvalley.org.uk/
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Elan Valley Visitor Centre
A bit further out but well worth a visit to see the dams and the surrounding countryside.
https://www.elanvalley.org.uk/
Llandovery
Welsh market town with a lot of history well worth a visit