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Photo of Llangorse Lake, a Lake near Llangorse (Llan-gors) in Bannau Brycheiniog, the Powys, mid Wales.

© Alan Hughes / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Llangorse Lake

South Wales's largest natural lake, holding a rare early-medieval crannog in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons.

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Llangorse Lake is a lake in Powys. The surrounding countryside is part of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. Ebbw Vale Town Station is 17.6 km away to the south.

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Photo of Bannau Brycheiniog, a National Park in Wales.Iconic

Bannau Brycheiniog

You’re inside itNational Park near Libanus

Flat-topped sandstone summits, waterfall gorges and dark skies along the roof of south Wales.

Photo along the Beacons Way, a 99-mile long-distance path running from Abergavenny to Llangadog, Wales.

Beacons Way

Long-distance path

Across the full width of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, from the Skirrid above Abergavenny to the western Black Mountain at Llangadog.

3.1 km SE · Powys, Carmarthenshire & Monmouthshire

Photo along the Taff Trail, a 55-mile long-distance path running from Cardiff Bay to Brecon, Wales.

Taff Trail

Long-distance path

Cardiff Bay to Brecon on old tramways and towpaths up the Taff — shared with bikes, with Castell Coch on the way out of town.

3.7 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, a 36-mile canal running from Brecon to Cwmbran, Wales.

Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

Canal

The mountain canal of the Bannau Brycheiniog, contouring high above the Usk from Brecon toward Pontypool.

3.7 km SW · Powys, Monmouthshire & Torfaen

Photo along the Usk Valley Walk, a 48-mile long-distance path running from Caerleon to Brecon, Wales.

Usk Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Caerleon's Roman fortress to Brecon, following the Usk by riverside path and canal towpath under an otter's-head waymark.

4.3 km SW · Powys, Monmouthshire & Newport

Photo of St Michael's Church, Cwmdu, a church in Bannau Brycheiniog, the Powys, mid Wales.

St Michael's Church, Cwmdu

Church near Cwmdu

Black Mountains church housing the early medieval Catacus inscribed stone.

5.5 km SE