Bryn Melyn

Places of Interest

Talybont Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Keith Lawson 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres. Talybont-on-Usk is 1.5 miles downstream of the dam. Construction of the current dam started in 1931 by Newport Corporation, and in 1939 the reservoir started supplying Newport with treated water.

Tor y Foel

Peak

Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tor y Foel is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys in Wales. It is located on the eastern flank of Talybont Reservoir, and the summit at 551m is marked by a small cairn.

Allt Lwyd

Peak

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Allt Lwyd is a top of Waun Rydd in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. The summit is heathery and marked by a small pile of stones.

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Aber

Hamlet

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aber, also known as Aber Village or the Welsh name Aberclydach, is a hamlet within the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is centred on the confluence between the Clydach brook meets the Caerfanell river, and on a minor road which runs south from Talybont-on-Usk.

Talybont-on-Usk

Village

Photo: Alan Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Talybont-on-Usk is a village and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. It lies on both the Caerfanell river and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, about 1 mile from the River Usk.

Llangynidr

Village

Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llangynidr is a village, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales, about 4 miles west of Crickhowell and 9 miles south-east of Brecon. The River Usk flows through the village as does the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.

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