Pen y Cae

Pen-y-cae is a village in Powys, Wales in the Brecon Beacons National Park between Abercraf and Craig-y-Nos Castle, in the community of Tawe-Uchaf. The village is mostly a linear settlement along the A4067 which runs approximately parallel to the River Tawe.

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Village
Description: hamlet in the county of Powys, Wales
Also known as: “Pen-y-cae” and “Pen-y-cae, Powys”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cribarth and Henrhyd Falls.

Cribarth

Peak

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cribarth is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, in the traditional county of Brecknockshire. The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428 m at OS grid reference SN 831143.

Henrhyd Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Daimack, Public domain.

Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in southern Wales, with a drop of 90 feet. Famous for its appearance as the entrance to the Batcave in The Dark Knight trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan.

Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary

Zoo

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary between Caehopkin and Abercraf in Powys, Wales. It became the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary in December 2008, being previously known as Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Sanctuary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coelbren and Onllwyn.

Coelbren

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coelbren is a small rural village within the community of Tawe Uchaf in southernmost Powys, Wales. It lies on the very northern edge of the South Wales Coalfield some six miles north-east of Ystradgynlais and just outside the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Onllwyn

Village

Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Onllwyn is a small village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, near Seven Sisters. The community area also covers the small settlements of Dyffryn Cellwen and Banwen. Onllwyn is situated 2 miles south of Pen y Cae.

Abercraf

Village

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abercraf is a village in Powys, Wales, in the community of Ystradgynlais and within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire. A distinct dialect of English is spoken in the village, as well as the Welsh language.

Pen y Cae

Category: locality
Location: Tawe-Uchaf, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8114° or 51° 48′ 41″ north

Longitude

-3.6783° or 3° 40′ 42″ west

Elevation

610 feet (186 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB PYC

Open location code

9C3RR86C+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 469442191

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2640387

Wikidata ID

Q19202916

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Pen y Cae” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Pen-y-cae”
French: “Pen-y-cae”
Welsh: “Pen-y-cae, Powys”
Welsh: “Pen-y-cae”

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