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Brecon

The handsome market town at the heart of the Brecon Beacons national park, where the Usk meets the Honddu. Brecon is the base for Pen y Fan and the high Beacons to the south, the mountain-lake legends of the Black Mountain to the west, and Waterfall Country in the wooded gorges below.

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Brecon makes a relaxed base for exploring the area — worth staying over to catch an early start or a golden-hour finish.

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