Browsing local attractions within 25 miles of The Felin Fach Griffin

Llyswen, Nr Brecon, Powys, LD3 0YP, (4 miles, 7kms), 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, (16 miles, 25kms), 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.

Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, (18 miles, 29kms), www.visitmidwales.co.uk

Abergavenny is the traditional gateway to South Wales and, to the Brecon Beacons National Park. The old market town is surrounded by beautiful border countryside and home to best food festival in Britain.

Powys, UK, (12 miles, 20kms), Tel: 01873 812105

The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the national border into Herefordshire, England.

Powys, LD3 7AD, (4 miles, 6kms), 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, (8 miles, 13kms), 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, (4 miles, 6kms), 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, (12 miles, 19kms), 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, (5 miles, 8kms), 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.

Brecon Road, Penycae, Swansea, SA9 1GL, (19 miles, 31kms), 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.

Powys, NP8 1AA, (12 miles, 20kms), Tel: 01873 853254, www.visitcrickhowell.co.uk

The historic town of Crickhowell lies on the River Usk on the southern edge of the Black Mountains in the Eastern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Erwood Station, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SJ, (7 miles, 11kms), 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

Powys, HR3 5DG, (10 miles, 16kms), Tel: 01982 553307, www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/

Hay-on-Wye - in Welsh 'Y Gelli Gandryll' or just 'Y Gelli' is well known as 'the town of books' and is home to the Hay Literature Festival.

Kington, Herefordshire, HR5 3EG, (19 miles, 31kms), Tel: 01544 230160, Email, www.hergest.co.uk

From Spring bulbs to Autumn colour a garden for all seasons. 59 champion trees. National collections of birches, maples and zelkovas.

Carmarthenshire, SA20 0UU, (20 miles, 32kms), 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, LD1 6BL, (18 miles, 29kms), Tel: 01982 553307

Llandrindod Wells, or 'Landod' as it is known to locals, is the administrative centre of Powys and one of its largest towns. As the name suggests Llandrindod Wells owes its origins to the spring waters that were long recognised to have heal

Llanthony, Nr Abergavenny, UK, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01443 336000, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Priory of Augustinian canons founded early in the twelfth century in the beautiful and secluded Ewyas valley.

Powys, UK, (16 miles, 25kms), 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, (4 miles, 6kms), 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, (4 miles, 7kms), 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, (10 miles, 15kms), 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.

Nr Llandrindod Wells, Powys, UK, (17 miles, 28kms), Tel: 01597 823298, Email, www.rwtwales.org/index.php/radnorshire-wildlife-trust-reserves/bailey-einon.html

A broadleaved woodland that sits alongside the River Ithon. Teeming with birds and flowers, this is a small nature reserve with a lot of wildlife.

Lion House, Bethel Square, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7AY, (4 miles, 6kms), 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, (4 miles, 6kms), 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, (11 miles, 17kms), Tel: 0845 1306229, Email

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

Llangattock, nr Crickhowell, NP8 1LG, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01873 857938, Email

Situated on a high limestone rime, this spectacular 160 acres of common, crag and wood, has a fascinating history and wildlife interest.