Fforest Fawr

Fforest Fawr is an extensive upland area in the county of , . Formerly known as the Great Forest of Brecknock in English, it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing, forestry, water catchment and recreation.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fan Fraith and Fan Nedd.

Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
is a top of in the section of the in the county of , south . Its summit is at a height of 2192 feet or 668 m. It lies within Fforest Fawr Geopark.

Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
is a mountain in the area of the in . In common with the rest of the Fforest Fawr uplands it is within the county of .

Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
is a mountain in the section of in south . It lies within the county of Breconshire, and administered as part of the unitary authority of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penwyllt and Ystradfellte.

Hamlet
Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet located in the upper Swansea Valley in , , lying within the . A former quarrying village, quicklime and silica brick production centre, its fortunes rose and fell as a result of the Industrial Revolution in . is situated 3 miles southwest of Fforest Fawr.

Village
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community in , Wales, about 6 miles north of , with 556 inhabitants. It belongs to the historic county of Brecknockshire and the area of the National Park, beside the river. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fforest Fawr.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the valley of the Afon Senni just north of the section of the . It lies within the community of in the county of , Wales. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Fforest Fawr.

Fforest Fawr

Latitude
51.85241° or 51° 51′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.6008° or 3° 36′ 3″ west
Open location code
9C3RV92X+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14209679071
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q3397760
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Fforest Fawr” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Breton: “Forest Veur”
  • Cebuano: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Chinese: “威尔士大森林”
  • Ladin: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Polish: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Swedish: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Venetian: “Fforest Fawr”
  • Welsh: “Fforest Fawr”
  • “Fforest Fawr”

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