Browsing local attractions within 25 miles of Aberhyddnant Farm Cottages

Llyswen, Nr Brecon, Powys, LD3 0YP, (18 miles, 29kms), Tel: 01874 754525, Email, www.llangoedhall.com

Llangoed Hall for fine dining, conferences and meetings, weddings & special occasions

The Square, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, LD5 4RA, (14 miles, 23kms), Tel: 01591 610264, Email, www.food-food-food.co.uk

Peter James's thriving restaurant stands beside the bridge over the River Irfon in the centre of Wales's smallest town.

Taliaris, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, SA19 6DL, (15 miles, 25kms), Tel: 01588 650177, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/aberdeunant/

A traditional Carmarthenshire farmhouse in an unspoilt setting and providing a rare insight into an aspect of agricultural life that has all but disappeared.

Abergorlech, Carmarthenshire, UK, (19 miles, 30kms), Tel: 0300 068 0300, Email, www.forestry.gov.uk/walesapp

The famous Brechfa Forest now managed by the Forestry Commission for timber production and recreation and has a long history.

Powys, LD3 7AD, (11 miles, 18kms), www.visitmidwales.co.uk

This is a town where you'll enjoy losing yourself...not only in the narrow streets and passageways lined with Georgian and Jacobean shopfronts, but in the sense of timelessness about the place.

Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 01874 623366, Email, www.breconbeacons.org

The Brecon Beacons National Park is 520 sq miles of spectacular and distinctive mountains, lakes, rivers and more. Outdoor activities, gentle strolls and heritage aplenty.

Brecon, Powys, LD3 0HL, (18 miles, 30kms), Tel: 01443 336000, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Late eleventh- or early twelfth-century motte with thirteenth-century round stone keep. Three floors, with fine views.

Powys, LD2, (20 miles, 32kms), www.visitmidwales.co.uk

Builth Wells is home to the Royal Welsh Show, red kites and the final resting place of Wales' last prince, Llewelyn the Last.

Cantref, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8LR, (12 miles, 18kms), Tel: 01874 665223, Email, www.cantref.com

Cantref Adventure Farm & Riding centre is a great all weather attraction for the whole family situated in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Tir y Castell Farm, Trapp, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, UK, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01558 822291, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

There are few castles in Wales - or Europe for that matter - which can boast a more spectacular location than Carreg Cennen. Its ruins crown a precipitous crag in a remote corner of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Brecon Road, Penycae, Swansea, SA9 1GL, (6 miles, 9kms), Tel: 01639 731167, Email, www.craigynoscastle.com/visitorinfo.htm

The Castle overlooks Craig-y-Nos Country Park, in the Brecon Beacons National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Steeped in history, the castle was once home of the famous opera singer Adelina Patti.

Dolaucoth Gold Mines, Pumpsaint, Llanwrda, SA19 8US, (17 miles, 27kms), Tel: 01558 650177, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dolaucothi-gold-mines/

Gold mines in use from Roman times to the 20th century. These unique gold mines are set amid wooded hillsides overlooking the beautiful Cothi Valley.

Erwood Station, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SJ, (18 miles, 30kms), Tel: 01982 560674, Email, www.erwood-station.co.uk

Craft-centre and gallery in Old GWR Railway Station. Choice location by River Wye, Wye Valley walk, cycle routes, river walk, art and craft gallery & refreshments. New Exhibition every 6 weeks

Carmarthenshire, SA18 3EP, (17 miles, 27kms), Tel: 01550 720693, Email

Llandeilo is named after one of the better known Celtic saints of the 6th century, Saint Teilo. The Welsh word 'llan' signified a religious enclosure, normally one dedicated to a particular saint (thus corresponds, today, to 'church of').

Carmarthenshire, SA20 0UU, (10 miles, 16kms), Tel: 01550 720693, Email

Llanymddyffri, or Llandovery means ‘church among the waters. Surrounded by three rivers, the Towy, the Bran, and the Gwydderig, Llandovery is a market town with a population of just under 3000.

Powys, UK, (14 miles, 23kms), Tel: 01874 622485, Email, www.llanwrtyd.com

Llanwrtyd Wells is the smallest town in Britain. It is also one of the friendliest, having a long history of catering for the many visitors who, today, come to enjoy the unspoilt beauty of the surrounding Cambrian Mountains.

Powys, UK, (19 miles, 30kms), www.visitmidwales.co.uk

The ancient market Town of Talgarth nestles beneath the Black Mountains which run along the border between Wales and England. Close to Brecon, Crickhowell and Hay-on-Wye it provides an ideal base for visitors wishing to explore the area.

Promenade, Brecon, Powys, LD3 9AY, (11 miles, 18kms), Tel: 01874 622995, Email, www.breconboathouse.com

Riverside location - coffee shop with views overlooking the river - hire of peddalos & rowing boats - kiddies rides & amusement arcade

Tretower, Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1RD, (20 miles, 31kms), Tel: 01874 730279

Restored courtyard house with origins in the fourteenth century. Rebuilt by Sir Roger Vaughan in the fifteenth century. Recreated fifteenth-century garden. Beautiful tranquil setting.

Lion House, Bethel Square, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7AY, (11 miles, 18kms), Tel: 01874 625708, Email, www.brecknockwildlifetrust.org.uk

A registered charity and membership organisation, that has been operating for over 40 years, working for the protection of the wildlife habitats and species in the old county of Brecknock (now the southern third of Powys).

Cathedral Close, Brecon, Powys, LD3 9DP, (11 miles, 18kms), Tel: 01874 623857, www.breconcathedral.org.uk

Founded as a Benedictine priory, it then became the parish church of Brecon in 1537, a role it held until in 1923 it became the Cathedral for the newly created Diocese of Swansea & Brecon.

Brecon Beacons, NP8 1LG, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 0845 1306229, Email

This 12000 acre National Nature Reserve is one of the very special places within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Brecon Road, Penycae, Swansea Valley, SA9 1GL, (5 miles, 9kms), Tel: 01639 730395

Craig-y-nos Country Park is an ideal place for a stroll through trees, alongside water and in grassy meadows. In fact there are 40 acres of historic gardens to wander around and enjoy.

Powys, LD3 7LH, (11 miles, 18kms), Tel: 01874 625708, www.brecknockwildlifetrust.org.uk

150 acres on the open common land of Mynydd Illtud, the marshy plateau top catchment for the headwaters and streams that feed the Usk.

Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, LD3 8ER, (12 miles, 18kms), Tel: 01639 730395

The Geopark is set within the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. It comprises the western half of the National Park, stretching from Llandovery north to the edge of Merthyr Tydfil south, from Llandeilo west to Brecon east.

Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1LP, (20 miles, 32kms), Tel: 01873 810414

The estate boasts 400 acres of parkland, 800 acres of forestry and 5 miles of the River Usk. There are many historic buildings remaining, all either grade II or grade III starred.