Photo of Talybont-on-Usk, a village in Bannau Brycheiniog, the Powys, mid Wales.

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Talybont-on-Usk is a canal village on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, with three pubs to its name and a reputation as a walkers’ and boaters’ stop. Talybont Reservoir lies up the valley to the south, and there are waterfalls in the wooded cwms around it. The Taff Trail passes through, following the old railway line over the hills towards Merthyr.

More places to visit near Talybont-on-Usk

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Bannau Brycheiniog

You’re inside itNational Park near Libanus

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

The Star Inn (Talybont-on-Usk)

Pub near Talybont-on-Usk

Canal-side real-ale pub in Talybont-on-Usk, a long-standing CAMRA favourite.

0.1 km SW

Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

Canal

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

0.1 km SW · Powys, Monmouthshire & Torfaen

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Talybont Reservoir

Reservoir near Talybont-on-Usk

Large reservoir in a wooded valley with a lakeside path and good birdwatching, stocked with brown trout.

4 km S

Llangorse Lake

Lake near Llangorse (Llan-gors)

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

4.3 km NE

St Michael's Church, Cwmdu

Church near Cwmdu

Black Mountains church housing the early medieval Catacus inscribed stone.

6.6 km E