Our Area

Brecon Beacons National Park
For people visiting the national park there is an enormously diverse landscape to explore from mountains and moorlands to the flat pastoral land and steeply wooded river valleys. It is spectacularly beautiful, rich in both history and natural history and Penpont could not be better placed for you to discover the area and partake in a number of activities of your choice.

www.breconbeacons.com

BRECON is our nearest town, nestled into the Usk valley at the juncture of two rivers, its history extends back for more than 900 years.
Now it is the commercial centre for this area of mid Wales and remains first and foremost a traditional market town, serving the needs of the local rural population.
It offers a range of recreational amenities - a recently built theatre, Sports Centre, a cinema and three museums.
Brecon hosts the internationally renowned Jazz Festival in August each year, as well as a local Georgian town festival and an agricultural show which is the oldest in the UK started by our ancestors.

www.brecon.co.uk

HAY-ON WYE is about 15 miles from us, but well worth a visit. Famous for being the second hand book centre of the UK it has numerous specialist bookshops catering for every interest.
Hay also has a thriving local craft industry and some wonderful antique shops. It is very easy to loose a day in this attractive town. Every year Hay hosts the International Literature festival for a week in May.

www.hay-on-wye.co.uk

CRICKHOWELL is another interesting small town about 30 minutes drive from us and is the eastern gateway into the National Park.

www.crickhowell.org.uk