Hay-on-Wye, said to be the largest second-hand bookselling town in the world and
home of the Festival of Literature is only 3.5 miles away. There are breathtaking
views of the north of the town from Hay Bluff.
Brecon - (10 miles) a busy market town and centre of the now famous international
Jazz Festival. Brecon nestles at the foot of the Brecon Beacons National Park in
some of Britain's most outstanding scenery.
Builth Wells - (10 miles) known as the home of the Royal Welsh Show. One of the
towns major attractions is the Wyeside Arts Centre housed in a fascinating
Victorian Market Hall.
The Black Mountains - incorporating Hay Bluff and Lord Hereford’s Knob. The most
easterly peaks in the Brecon Beacons are the Black Mountains where you’ll find tiny
villages and churches set in a rolling green landscape of picturesque hills and valleys.
Don’t mistake the area for the Black Mountain however; the Black Mountain (singular)
is a spectacular wilderness environment in its own right, but the Black Mountains
(plural) are a little less demanding for the laid-back walker.
Leominster - (40 min's) Georgian town of some note with beautiful buildings and numerous
antique shops. This in turn is only a few miles from Presteign and Kington, two
other smaller towns of some architectural interest.
Crickhowell - (20 min's) Small town half way between Brecon/Hay and Abergavenny and
popular point of departure into the scenic routes into the valley leading to Hay
and the Black Mountains.
Abergavenny - (30 min's) The town itself, caressed by the Brecon Beacons and Black
Mountains and nestling in the famous Usk Valley, is full of historic, architectural,
cultural and scenic interest.
