The "Mountain Centre"
is located
5 miles south west of Brecon and some 15 miles north of Merthyr Tydfil. It
was opened in 1966 with financial assistant from the Carnegie United
Kingdom Trust. The Mountain Centre, which is how everyone refers to it in
South Wales, is run by the Brecon
Beacons National Park Authority. It is consistently the most popular visitor attraction in the
National Park.
Some 1100ft / 335m above sea
level offering its location offers stunning views of Pen Y Fan the
highest mountain in South Wales. An
adjacent moorland ridge known as Mynydd
Illtyd offers some fine easy to
moderately graded walking.
Children and families are catered for
in a well tended large field suitable for informal games.
Admission is Free but
there is a modest car parking charge. Overnight accommodation, camping and
caravanning are not provided for. Driving and camping on the adjoining
Mynydd Illtyd common is not allowed.
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