This impressive landscape of glacial valleys is home to some of Wales’ most iconic and dramatic landscapes.

The National Trust cares for over 5,000 hectares of the Brecon Beacons, which is nearly 4 per cent of the National Park. That includes some of its most popular gems including Pen y Fan, Skirrid, Sugar Loaf and Henrhyd Falls. On a clear day a walk to the summits will afford spectacular views as far as the Devon coast, Herefordshire and Pumlumon

The fossils of some of the first land plants can be found on the Beacons. They appear as dark smudges in the rocks on the Beacons but are fossils of Gosslinga Breconensis that emerged about 417 million years ago.

Ripple marks left by the sea can still be seen in sandstone on the summit of Pen y Fan. The dramatic landscapes of rugged central Beacons are famed for their unique landform and glacial geomorphology. Cwm Llwch stars as the best preserved glacial lake and valley in South Wales.

The picturesque beauty spot of Henrhyd Falls on the Nant Llech boasts the impressive title of the highest waterfall in south Wales. It is only one of a series of beautiful waterfalls produced by the narrow steep-sided gorges which exist throughout the area at the head of the Neath and Tawe river.