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Brecon Beacons National Park - The map has active areas so that you can go specific designated areas - if
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Copyright of this map belongs to the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Map based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the Controller of Ordnance Survey. Crown copyright reserved

The Beacons X Panel covers the wild country areas in South Wales that are to the south of the A483. Most of the expeditions that are assessed by the Panel take place within the Brecon Beacons National Park area. Some very interesting explorations can also be conducted including Industrial Archaeology projects in the remote areas of the South Wales Valleys.

All participants of expeditions, that take place in wild country, regardless of whether they are bronze, silver or gold, must have been trained to gold standards before they undertake the expedition.

All gold expeditions/explorations must take place in wild country, remote from habitation.

Descriptions of some of the areas in the National Park can be obtained from the following links:

Black Mountains Brecon Beacons
Forest Fawr Mynydd Llangynidr (moors)
Sugar Loaf and Skirrid The Black Mountain

Areas to be avoided

Danger

Within the Panel's area most farmers and land owners are very helpful. There are, however, one or two areas where relations with the local residents may not be at their best. If your route takes you anywhere close to one of these known areas then your assessors will inform you once you have submitted your route for approval. There is, however, one main area where access is restricted and that is the Cnewr Estate. The National Park has negotiated a route for walkers through the estate and if this is used then great care should be taken to ensure that the route is followed correctly. In the panel brochure we have provided the boundaries of this estate. If you trace this information onto a piece of tracing paper then you will be able to place the information straight onto the 1 : 50,000 OS sheet number 160. If you have any queries regarding this area then please do not hesitate to contact us or any of the National Parks Offices in the Brecon Beacons.

In the Black Mountains area, part of the Offa's Dyke Path follows the Hatterall ridge and because this is a very popular walk, the National Park have requested that we discourage groups from using it in order to try and help alleviate the erosion problems that are occurring there.

We have been advised that many parts of the disused railway lines in the National Park are now under private ownership and therefore cannot be assumed to be footpaths.

When planning a route, please ensure that any bridges are "public Rights of Way". One or two groups recently have used private bridges which has annoyed their owners.

The Cnewr Estate, boundaries and access

Cnewr estate

Map based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the Controller of Ordnance Survey. Crown copyright reserved

The permitted route through the estate is only available throughout the year during daylight hours. However, it is closed during the lambing season (ie between 15th April and 10th May each year).


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