Browsing local attractions within 25 miles of Griffin Inn

Llyswen, Nr Brecon, Powys, LD3 0YP, (2 miles, 3kms), 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, (17 miles, 27kms), 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, (13 miles, 22kms), 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, (8 miles, 13kms), 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, (12 miles, 19kms), 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, (2 miles, 3kms), 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, (10 miles, 16kms), 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, (9 miles, 15kms), 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.

Powys, NP8 1AA, (13 miles, 21kms), 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, (5 miles, 8kms), 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

Nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 8EQ, (19 miles, 30kms), Tel: 01443 336000, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Substantial remains of thirteenth-century castle of Hubert de Burgh, raised on an earlier motte. It was later remodelled by the house of Lancaster.

Powys, HR3 5DG, (6 miles, 10kms), 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, (15 miles, 24kms), 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.

Powys, LD1 6BL, (16 miles, 25kms), 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, (12 miles, 18kms), 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, (17 miles, 27kms), 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, (3 miles, 5kms), 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.