Brecon
Brecon is in many ways a typical small Welsh market town in Mid Wales. The surrounding scenery is quite stunning, as Brecon is located within the Brecon Beacons National Park, which extends to the south, east and west.
Wiccasha, Public domain.- Town with about 8,250 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 450 feet (140 metres)
- Description: market town in Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
- Postal code: LD3
- Also known as“Aberhonddu”“Brecknock”
Places of Interest
Discover Brecon Cathedral and Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh.
Brecon Cathedral
Brecon Cathedral, in the town of Brecon, Powys, is the…
Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh
The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh, formerly the…
Theatr Brycheiniog
Theatr Brycheiniog is an arts venue in Brecon, Powys, Wales.
Villages in the Area
Discover Llanddew and Llanfrynach.
Llanfrynach
Llanfrynach is a village and community in the county…
2½ miles southeast of Brecon
Llanspyddid
Llanspyddid is a small village just west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
2 miles west of Brecon
Brecon
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Latitude
51.9472° or 51° 56′ 50″ north
Longitude
-3.3917° or 3° 23′ 30″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB BCN
Open location code
9C3RWJW5+V8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Brecon” goes by many names.
بريكونArabic
ԲրեկոնArmenian
AberhondduAsturian
AberhondduBasque
BreconBasque
БрэканBelarusian
ব্রেকনBengali
AberhondduBreton
БрекънBulgarian
AberhondduCatalan
BreconCebuano
布雷科恩Chinese
布雷肯Chinese
AberhondduCornish
BreconCzech
BreconDanish
BrecknockDutch
BreconDutch
BreconEsperanto
BreconEstonian
AberhondduFinnish
AberhondduGalician
ΜπρίκονGreek
બ્રેકનGujarati
ברקוןHebrew
BreconIndonesian
AberhondduIrish
BreconItalian
ブレコンJapanese
ಬ್ರೆಕಾನ್Kannada
브레컨Korean
브레콘Korean
BrecheniacumLatin
BrekonaLatvian
BrekonasLithuanian
БреконMacedonian
AberhondduNorthern Sami
BreconNorwegian
AberhondduNorwegian Bokmål
BreconNorwegian Bokmål
BrecenOld English (ca. 450-1100)
برکونPersian
BreconPolish
БреконRussian
AberhondduScots
AberhondduScottish Gaelic
BreconSlovenian
HMS BreconSlovenian
AberhondduSwedish
BrecknockSwedish
BreconSwedish
பிரேகான்Tamil
బ్రేకాన్Telugu
БреконUkrainian
بریکونUrdu
AberhondduVietnamese
BreconVietnamese
AberhondduWelsh
BrycheiniogWelsh
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