Glyn Tarell

Glyn Tarell is a valley and a community in the county of Powys, Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. It is in the Brecon Beacons National Park and at the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons mountains.

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pen y Fan and Llyn Cwm Llwch.

Pen y Fan

Peak

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Pen y Fan is the highest peak in South Wales, situated in Brecon Beacons National Park. At 886 metres above sea-level, it is also the highest British peak south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia.

Llyn Cwm Llwch

Lake

Photo: Richard Higgs, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Cwm Llwch is a small lake or pool in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the Black Mountain: Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach, and one of the few natural bodies of water in the park.

Corn Du

Peak

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Corn Du is a summit of the twin topped Pen y Fan and the second highest peak in South Wales at 871.5 m, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park. It is situated to the south-west of Pen y Fan at a distance of approximately 550 m from it, and is just 13 m lower than Pen y Fan itself.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Libanus and Llanspyddid.

Libanus

Village

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Libanus is a village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, and in the community of Glyn Tarell. Presumably, the name of the village derives from Mount Lebanon, also known as the Lebanon Mountains, the ancient name for which was Libanus, a common name for chapels in Wales.

Llanspyddid

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanspyddid is a small village just west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the valley of the River Usk in the community of Glyn Tarell in the county of Powys, Wales. Llanspyddid is situated 3 miles north of Glyn Tarell.

Aberbrân

Hamlet

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Aberbrân is a small settlement in Powys, Wales. It lies on the Afon Brân immediately above its confluence with the River Usk and is 7 kilometres west of the town of Brecon, 35 miles from Cardiff and 147 miles from London. Aberbrân is situated 4 miles north of Glyn Tarell.

Glyn Tarell

Type: Locality with 628 residents
Description: community in the county of Powys, Wales
Category: community
Location: Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.9006° or 51° 54′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.4687° or 3° 28′ 7″ west

Population

628

Elevation

1,512 feet (461 metres)

Open location code

9C3RWG2J+6G

GeoNames ID

7298613

Wikidata ID

Q13128667

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Glyn Tarell” goes by many names.

Basque: “Glyn Tarell”
Breton: “Glyn Tarell”
Catalan: “Glyn Tarell”
Cebuano: “Glyn Tarell”
Chinese: “Glyn Tarell”
Cornish: “Glyn Tarell”
Dutch: “Glyn Tarell”
French: “Glyn Tarell”
Irish: “Glyn Tarell”
Japanese: “グリン・タレル”
Min Nan Chinese: “Glyn Tarell”
Scottish Gaelic: “Glyn Tarell”
Swedish: “Glyn Tarell”
Welsh: “Glyn Tarell”

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