Welcome to walking Mid-Wales
The Brecon Beacons and Black Mountain national park 
is Wales' Great Outdoors. This green, fresh and stunning landscape of high mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys and forests, attracts walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, water sports enthusiasts, 
pony trekkers - and those who simply want to relax in surroundings of great natural beauty. The Brecon Beacons National Park covers 519 sq. miles (1345 sq. km) from the Wales-England border almost all the way to 
Swansea. There are four mountain ranges within the park: the Black Mountain (to the west), Fforest Fawr, the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains (to the east). 
Much of the area consists of high, open country with smooth grassy slopes on a bedrock of red sandstone. The park's southern rim has limestone crags, wooded gorges, waterfalls and caves.