Spring 2026...

Blaenavon Ironworks

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The site at Blaenavon will be immediately recognisable to viewers of the BBC ‘Coalhouse’ programmes as they were filmed at Stack Square, the living accommodation built for workers on the site.


Other things to do...

 

Capel y Ffin Church

A tiny church in a remote spot

 

Cwm Claisfer Nature Reserve

The wooded reserve of Cwm Claisfer is a mixture of commercial forestry with areas of high nature conservation interest

 

Tretower Court and Castle

Visit two wonders in one at this historic castle tower and medieval court housing 900 years of history in its grounds. At a mere seven minute drive from Crickhowell, this historic site is not one to be missed

 

Kevin Walker Mountain Activities

Kevin Walker has been running navigation and hill-skills courses from Crickhowell since 1978, and offers a warm, Welsh welcome

 

Brecon Beacons Park Society walks

Take a Walk in the Park! As a part of its annual programme of activities the Society organises guided walks in or close to the National Park every Friday, Saturday and Sunday

 

Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

The canal passes just a mile from Crickhowell, skirting the edge of Llangattock village on the opposite side of the River Usk. The canal is one of the most picturesque of the UK’s leisure waterways, flowing peacefully through stunning scenery and close to nature

 

Fedw Wood, Cwmdu

A small mixed woodland not far outside Cwmdu village

 

Coliseum Cinema, Brecon

Two Screen Cinema, offering all the latest movies in comfortable surroundings on big, bright Screens with superb Dolby Digital Sound

 

Theatre Brycheiniog, Brecon

Brecon’s centre for the arts and entertainment

 

Partrishow Church

A wonderful small church hidden away in the hills with some surprises inside

 

Craig Cerrig Gleisiad Nature Reserve

A dramatic reserve just north of Storey Arms on the A470 in the heart of the Brecon Beacons

 

Cwmyoy Church

The leaning church of the Black Mountains – even the tower leans more than the leaning tower of Pisa!