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The National Park Visitor Centre, commonly known as the Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre (or shortened to the Mountain Centre, and also known as the Libanus Visitor Centre), is a visitor centre managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (Bannau Brycheiniog), located in the village of Libanus some 8 km / 5 mi south-west of Brecon in Powys, south Wales.
The Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre was opened in 1966 to help visitors understand and enjoy the area. This western half of the national park gained European and global status in 2005 as Fforest Fawr Geopark , which includes the Black Mountain, the historic extent of Fforest Fawr, and much of the Brecon Beacons range and surrounding lowlands. [ 24 ]
The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, [15] the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 [16] and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952. [17] It covers an area of 519 square miles (1,340 km 2), which is much larger than the Brecon Beacons range.
The secondary school, known as Brecon High School, was formed from separate boys' and girls' grammar schools ('county schools') and Brecon Secondary Modern School, after comprehensive education was introduced into Breconshire in the early 1970s. The town is home to an independent school, Christ College, which was founded in 1541. [37]
The car park at Pont ar Daf, 200 metres (656 ft) from the Storey Arms centre, is the most popular access point for tourists and walkers to Pen y Fan. [ 22 ] [ 26 ] The car park, which has space for around 200 cars following a recent expansion and upgrade, is owned by the Welsh Government and run by the National Trust, which now charges for ...
The Brecon Mountain Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Fynydd y Bannau [2]) is a 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge tourist railway on the south side of the Brecon Beacons in Wales. It climbs northwards from Pant along the full length of the Pontsticill Reservoir (also called 'Taf Fechan' reservoir by Welsh Water ) and continues past the ...
Y Gaer (English: The Fortress) is a municipal structure in Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, Wales. The complex, which includes a museum, an art gallery and a library and incorporates a structure which was once the shire hall for Brecknockshire , is a Grade II* listed building .
Renamed as the Waterfalls Centre, it was staffed throughout the year to provide information for visitors to Waterfall Country, the wider national park and the Fforest Fawr Geopark. The Authority announced it was to close permanently on 6 June 2016 [ 7 ] after a 4.7% cut in funding to the park authority.