May 2011

National Park welcomes Arts and Crafts Fayre

If you’re looking for that perfect Welsh gift to take home when you’re visiting the Hay Festival why not take a trip to the Welsh Arts and Crafts Fayre being held at the National Park Visitor Centre from Saturday 28th May until Sunday 5th June. For release 26th May 2010

Plenty to smile about when you visit the Bannau Brycheiniog

Expect plenty to smile about if you’re planning on visiting the Bannau Brycheiniog this summer. A new Green Travel Challenge competition is giving people the chance to win a fantastic holiday break in the Bannau Brycheiniog just by giving their car a holiday – so you may be visiting us…

Geopark Festival celebrates Wales’ hard rock

Fforest Fawr Geopark is planning to celebrate hard rock in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park as it hosts a series of events starting tomorrow and running through into June to help celebrate the area’s unique geological heritage as part of a Europe-wide Geoparks Festival.

Bumper year for filming in the National Park

Sweeping grassy uplands, wide open vistas and remote rocky outcrops are attracting a growing number of film-makers to the Bannau Brycheiniog.

Catastrophic fire damages over 2000 acres of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Nearly 2000 acres of upland common and peat bog in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park has been severely damaged by a fire in what National Park Wardens are calling the worst heath land fire in thirty years. For release 4th May 2011