Black Mountains
The Black Mountains is a group of hills on the England–Wales border. The larger Welsh part is located in south-east Powys and north-west Monmouthshire, and the smaller English part in western Herefordshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,841 feet
- Description: mountain range in Wales
- Also known as: “Black Mountains, United Kingdom”, “Black Mountains, Wales”, and “Bryniau Duon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grwyne Fawr Reservoir and Pen y Gadair Fawr.
Grwyne Fawr Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Martin Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Grwyne Fawr Reservoir is located in the valley of the river Grwyne Fawr in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. Completed in 1928, it has the capacity to hold 400,000,000 imperial gallons.
Pen y Gadair Fawr
Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen y Gadair Fawr is an 800 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the second highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. Marked by a medium-sized cairn, it is a much more distinguished top than its parent 1.5 km to the northwest.
Waun Fach
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Waun Fach is, with a summit height of 811 metres, the highest mountain in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is one of the three Marilyns over 600 m that make up the range, the others being Black Mountain and Mynydd Troed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-y-ffin and Llanthony.
Capel-y-ffin
Hamlet
Photo: JamesWoolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capel-y-ffin is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of Llanthony in Powys, Wales. It lies within the Black Mountains and within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 8 miles to the northwest.
Llanthony
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanthony is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom. Llanthony is situated 3½ miles southeast of Black Mountains.
Pengenffordd
Hamlet
Pengenffordd is a hamlet located in the community of Talgarth, in the Brecknockshire area of south Powys. It is 33 miles from Cardiff and 135 miles from London. Pengenffordd is situated 4 miles west of Black Mountains.
Black Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Black Mountains” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Black Mountains”
- Breton: “Menez Du Menoe”
- Breton: “Mynydd Du (Mynwy)”
- Cebuano: “Black Mountains”
- Czech: “Black Mountains”
- Dutch: “Black Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجبال السودا”
- Esperanto: “Nigraj Montoj (Britio)”
- Esperanto: “Nigraj Montoj”
- Galician: “Black Mountains, Gales”
- German: “Black Mountains”
- Japanese: “ブラック山地”
- Ladin: “Black Mountains (Wales)”
- Low German: “Black Mountains”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Mountains i Wales”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Mountains”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Y Mynyddoedd Duon”
- Polish: “Black Mountains”
- Russian: “Блэк-Маунтинс”
- Russian: “Чёрные горы”
- Slovak: “Black Mountains”
- Swedish: “Black Mountains, Wales”
- Swedish: “Black Mountains”
- Venetian: “Black Mountains”
- Welsh: “Bryniau Duon”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Du”
- Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Duon”
- Welsh: “Y Mynydd Du”
- Welsh: “Y Mynyddoedd Duon”
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