Pen Twyn Mawr

Mountain rank by height: 135 out of 188Height: 2,159ft | 658mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO 24228 26728 The final mountain on this Black Mountain circular walk is much smaller than the two that you’ve just passed as you slowly descend…

Pen Cerrig-calch

Mountain rank by height: 86 out of 188Height: 2,300ft | 701mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO217223 Pen Cerrig-calch is the first mountain on a 17.4m loop around one section of the Black Mountains, part of the Brecon Beacons mountain range. This…

Mynydd y Gaer

A quick and easy walk from a small car park along wide open, grassy paths with very little ascent and descent. The hill is marked by a trig point – with an old, fallen, trig point nearby. Views are good…

Mynydd Maendy

A quick and easy walk this one as you can park close by on the ridgeway so the walk to the highest point is just over a mile with very little ascent on good tracks. Views are good as you…

Twyn Tal-y-cefn [Talycefn]

Twyn Tal-y-cefn is a 702m hill in the Black Mountains marked by a cairn, although this is not according to the map the highest point – which is slightly further North. The approach to this hill is on a well-maintained…

Pen-y-Fan Pond

A really short, easy walk around a nice pond with a café in the warmer months as well that serves hot and cold food, snacks and Ice cream etc. The pond is actually quite high up, just over 300m, so…

Craig y Saeson

This is a short walk, offering limited parking for 1 or maybe 2 cars close to the hill top. The hill has a trig point – buried in the hedge when I visited in summer – a memorial patch of…