Brecon Beacons National Park spans 519 square miles (1,344 square kilometres) of beautiful mid-Wales countryside in the west of the UK which contains some of the most spectacular and diverse landscapes in Europe. Beacons Backpackers is in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park, one of the most famous areas of outstanding natural beauty in the United Kingdom.

Your accommodation is just a yards from a bracing mountain walk and just a short trip from Pen Y Fan, the highest mountain peak in South Wales.  Pen y Fan has a distinctive red table top summit - the highest Old Red Sandstone summit in Britain - as well as some of the UK’s most spectacular waterfalls, caves and wooded gorges. The landscape is scattered with prehistoric monuments, Roman remains, and medieval castles.

Visitors come from all over the world to enjoy this breathtaking landscape, and to reconnect with the natural world. While staying at Beacons Backpackers you can find relaxation and adventure, with some of Wales’ finest walking, riding, cycling, climbing and caving. In 2005, Fforest Fawr Geopark covering the western half of the National Park, was officially recognised for its superb geological heritage and diversity, when the National Park Authority was awarded membership of the highly prestigious European Geoparks Network. This was followed in 2006 by designation as a UNESCO Global Geopark.

At Beacons Backpackers you can be sure you have accommodation that makes the most of the local environment, perfected placed between the local towns of Abergavenny, Brecon and Crickhowell, as well as in the heart of the incredible Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains.

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