Brecon Beacons National Park
The Brecon Beacons National Park takes its name from the Brecon Beacons mountain range but also includes three other mountain ranges – the rugged Black Mountains of the England/Wales borderlands, the massive expanse of grassy treeless hills forming Fforest Fawr and the Black Mountain to the west of Fforest Fawr. Together these four mountain ranges blend together as a series of windswept panoramas ranging from rugged border landscapes to gently undulating hills rising into craggy limestone outcrops or falling to meet tranquil reservoirs over an area of 1347km or 520 square miles.
The name originates from the warning beacons lit on high ground forming a chain of inland lights using fire signals to provide warnings of raids or invasions.
The highest mountain is Pen y Fan which rises 886m (2907’) into a flat-topped summit beside its slightly lower neighbour, Corn Du.
