April 2016

Go Underground in the Bannau Brycheiniog

Underground Sightseeing launched in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park over Easter – a new experience which lets visitors take half day guided trips into cave systems they wouldn’t usually be able to visit.  The trips are part of a new partnership project offering a different way to explore the Bannau…

Illegal off-roaders targeted across the Park

The National Park Authority and two local police forces have joined to target illegal off-roaders in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. Operations carried out in March saw off-roaders stopped in their tracks, many leaving the National Park with warnings and pending prosecutions. [caption id="attachment_35861" align="aligncenter" width="225"] A motorbike seized for…

National Park Authority vote for a fairer system

At today’s meeting of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority, members unanimously agreed to change how the Authority deals with correspondence received after the committee’s deadline in the three days before the meeting.  Late correspondence has been a source of contention for some time, in particular at Planning and Rights…

Controlled Burn in the Beacons

Smoke could be seen rising from Penderyn Common last month as fires blazed across the moorland. This time though the fire was started under the watchful eyes of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Wardens and firemen from the Mid & West Wales and South Wales Fire & Rescue Services as…