Brecon Beacons National Park, officially Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, is a protected landscape in Wales named for the Brecon Beacons mountain range at its heart, with the Welsh name Bannau Brycheiniog meaning peaks of the early medieval kingdom of Brycheiniog. Established in 1957 as the third and most recent of the Welsh national parks, it covers about 1,344 square kilometers and draws roughly 4.4 million visitors a year. The park preserves three connected upland areas, the Brecon Beacons and Fforest Fawr in the center, the Black Mountains to the east and the separate Black Mountain to the west, and contains Pen y Fan, the highest peak in South Wales at 886 meters. Its landscape of bare moorland grazed by Welsh mountain ponies and sheep, scattered forestry plantations, and valleys with waterfalls such as Henrhyd Falls reflects centuries of pastoral use rather than untouched wilderness.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)UK National Park Authority 1 Sources
1. Brecon Beacons National Park (Wikipedia)
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The park is managed by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority, a special purpose local authority with responsibilities to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the park, aid visitors' enjoyment of the park, and support the economic and social well-being of local communities.
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Brecon Beacons National Park, officially Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (), is a national park in Wales.
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Brecon Beacons National Park, officially Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (), is a national park in Wales.
Section: Geography
This western half of the national park gained European and global status in 2005 as Fforest Fawr Geopark
View the Source2. Wikidata: Brecon Beacons National Park
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