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LONG DISTANCE PATHS RUNNING THROUGH THE REGION ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN WHITE
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Brecon Beacons and South Wales, AA 50 Walks - Walking is one of Britain's favourite leisure activities, and this great pocket-sized walking guide to the Brecon Beacons features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. Contained within the guide are 50 walks of 2-10 miles and all the practical detail you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history and wildlife of the area, and an introduction to each walk. All walks are annotated with local points of interest and places to stop for refreshments. And every walk is given a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface and access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking and public toilets. Published August 09. |
Walk the Brecon Beacons, Bob Greaves - There are forty great walks here, ranging from a gentle stroll around Usk Reservoir to a challenging four peaks in a day on our Grwynne Fawr route. All the walks are within the Brecon Beacons National Park, an area of great beauty and tremendous variety. High peaks hide glacial lakes in ancient moorland, man-made reservoirs and canals blend with their natural surrounding, waterfalls cascade down secret gorges, while ancient castles, churches and monasteries stud the landscape. All 40 walking routes include: walking route summary, ratings for Effort Time Distance Ascents/Descents Refreshments and Vertigo risk, fully detailed walk description including frequent timings to aid navigation and check your progress, GPS waypoints at every key point on every route for pin-point navigational accuracy, full colour 1:40,000 scale Ordnance Survey licensed mapping for each route Published January 06.
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Brecon Beacons and Glamorgan Walks, Brian Conduit,
Pathfinder Guide -
28 varied walks from easy strolls to exhilarating hikes -
colour coded according to difficulty. Distance, timing, refreshment stops
and advice included. Clear OS mapping at 1:25,000 scale. Published March 94.
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Brecon Beacons and South Wales - AA 30 Walks (Cards) - This original
concept takes the most popular walks from the AA's best-selling and newly
updated walks database and packages them on individual laminated cards in a
durable box. The small and handy size means that the box can be stowed away
in a pocket or handbag and single cards extracted at each walk start point.
Clear and concise instructions plus a full-colour route map make the cards a
joy to use. Published March 2010. Available for pre-order.
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40 Classic Walks in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Chris Barber. Published July 09. |
A Boot up the Brecon Beacons, Tom Hutton - a collection of ten easy to
moderate walks in and around the glorious Brecon Beacons National Park. They
are especially written with families and groups of friends in mind looking
for an active and interesting day out. Local expert, Tom Hutton, takes you
from the tops of the highest mountains to the floors of the most spectacular valleys, highlighting plenty of fascinating points of interest along the way. Published Feb 09 |
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Short Walks Brecon Beacons, Tom Hutton - Covering an area of over 500 square miles, the Brecon Beacons National Park is actually made up of four distinct separate mountain ranges as well as some easier ground to the south and three isolated peaks that surround the small town of Abergavenny. The aim of this book is to help readers to enjoy it. Published April 05.
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Rucksack Guide - Mountain Walking and Trekking Rucksack Guide, Alun Richardson - Mountain Walking and Trekking is your essential handbook for when on the mountain. It offers concise guidance and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in, including: technical skills - tips and reminders on the key techniques weather - from interpreting weather maps to dealing with thunderstorms navigation - various techniques including using a compass the setting the map safety - essential procedures to ensure the safety of yourself, your party and others on the mountain emergencies - guidance on what to do in extreme situations. The book is colour-coded for easy reference and all information is presented in lists and tables, making it simple to understand interesting conditions. The Rucksack Guide series is taken from Mountaineering: The essential skills for mountain walkers and climbers - the definitive handbook for hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers. Published September 08
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The Brecon Beacons A Walkers' Interpretation Guide, Andrew Davies.
Published April 09.
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Circular Walks in the Black Mountains, Nick Jenkins. Published May 99. Circular Walks in the Western Beacons, Nick Jenkins. Published December 00.
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Circular Walks in The Black Mountains, Nick Jenkins - Walks with
History. Published September 08.
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Walking in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Alastair Ross - Offers 20 self-guided walks around the Brecon Beacons National park covering the central beacons and Fforest Fawr. Suitable for people of various ages and experience, this title presents walks which vary from 3 to 10 miles, some are gentle strolls and some are mountain walks. Published March 08. |
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Classic Walks in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Chris Barber - 33 walks with detailed descriptions, maps and photographs. Features the Black Mountains, Three Peaks of Abergavenny, Brecon Beacons, Fforest Fawr, Waterfall Country and Camarthen Fans. Limited availability. Published August 97. |
Walking in the Black Mountains, Alastair Ross - Covering the area between Hay-on-Wye, Brecon and Abergavenney, this book contains twenty circular walks of between 2½ and 10 miles. Published June 06.
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Brecon Beacons, a Hillwalker's Map & Guide, Davies and Whittaker. Limited availability. Published June 92. |
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Walking the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains, David Hunter - A collection of thirty circular walks between three and thirteen miles in the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains. Suitable for a range of abilities, each walk includes sketch maps and a descriptive narrative of the landscape to be seen en route. Limited availability. Published March 96.
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Offa's Dyke Path,
Keith Carter - A
magnificent National Trail from the Severn Estuary to the north Wales coast
following the line of Offa's Dyke, an impressive 8th century earthwork along
the English/Welsh border. The ever-changing landscape--the Wye Valley, the
Black Mountains, the Shropshire Hills, and the Clwydian Hills--is steeped in
history and legend providing 168 miles of fascinating walking. Limited
availability. Published May
03. For More on Offa's Dyke - See Powys Books
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OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST Brecon Beacons (Official National Park Guide), Roger Thomas - The wide open spaces of the Brecon Beacons National Park cover some 519 square miles (1,344 square kilometres). Ancient red sandstone has weathered to create a succession of crests and valleys that give the highest peaks in south Wales, together with natural as well as man-made lakes, while in the limestone country in the south are spectacular waterfalls, caves and wooded gorges. The Park's wild beauty is accentuated by its proximity to the completely contrasting neighbouring landscape of industrial south-east Wales. A sense of history also plays its part in the Beacons' appeal. The landscape is dotted with, prehistoric monuments, Roman remains, and medieval castles. The Beacons are loved by visitors from near and far who come for the sheer exhilaration of walking unimpeded across vast swathes of open common land, for the green freshness of the landscape, for the water sports, mountain biking, fishing and pony trekking. The Pevensey National Park series of guide books celebrates the beauty and diversity of our National Parks through stunning photographs from some of the finest landscape photographers in Britain, matched with evocative and authoritative text from an acknowledged expert on each Park. The series has the official endorsement and backing of the individual National Park, and the Association of National Park Authorities. Published March 02.
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MORE MAPS
Brecon Beacons West
(Superwalker), Harvey Maps. Published March 05 Offa's Dyke Path North, Harvey Walker's Route. Published Aug 05 Offa's Dyke Path South, Harvey Walker's Route. Published Aug 05
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AUTHORS/PUBLISHERS
LOCAL LINKS www.bootsbikesbunkhouses.co.uk/ - Exciting opportunities for walking, cycling and mountain biking in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, whilst staying in one of our unique Bunkhouses. Goose Cottage on Tylegarw Farm - a superb self catering cottage for 4 in the Brecons.
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