Our work

Working on the footpaths

volunteer footpath brecon beacons © S Rose

Volunteers working on a footpath in the Brecon beacons

© S Rose

Each year more than 250,000 people climb to the summit of Pen y Fan, southern Britain’s highest mountain. The pressure of so many pairs of boots on the mountain paths is causing damage. In order to maintain the habitat and landscape value of the Brecon Beacons we're carrying out a programme of upland path restoration and improvement work.

Brecon Beacons appeal

Walking in the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales. © NTPL/Paul Harris

The Brecon Beacons is special we need you to help us save this precious place. Could you spare £30 to repair half a metre of footpath – the equivalent of one footstep?

Our woodland work in the Tarell Valley

Logs cut from carno wood in the Tarell Valley, Brecon Beacons © T Bennett

Logs awaiting collection from Carno wood in the Tarell Valley, Brecon

© T Bennett

Carno wood is the largest of the woods owned by the National Trust in the Tarell Valley. Our long term aim is to improve the woodland and increase its size by planting new trees and allowing natural regeneration.