Photographs of the area

Blaen-car.
Neath & Brecon Railway at Crai Reservoir.
Across Defynnog to Trephilip.
Bluebells at Trecastle.
Across Defynnog to Trephilip.
Defynnog church.
The Black Mountain.
View from Maescar to Heol Senni.
Fan Frynych.
Penpont.
Panorama with dog – the Senni looking towards Defynnog.
Pen y Fan.
Penpont.
The famous Defynnog Yew.
The International Welsh Rarebit Centre.
The Black Mountain.
Penpont.
Red Kite by Paul Smith.
Red Kite by Paul Smith.
Red Kite by Paul Smith.
Crai.
Llyn y Fan Fach.
The old and new chapels at Crai.
The Tanners Arms, Defynnog.
Heol Senni.
Fan Frynych.
Maen Llia.
Brychgoed Chapel, Heol Senni. Winter scene – from the top of Twyn y Gaer looking towards Brychgoed.

Thank you to Julia Blazer, David Kerfoot, Sharon Millar, Sian Millar, Paul Smith and Professor Christopher Spry for their kind permission to feature these photographs.

The Upper Usk Valley is part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The area comprises of the villages of Crai, Heol Senni, Defynnog, Pentrebach, Pentrefelin, Sennybridge & Trecastle stretching up to The Usk Reservoir. *The Upper Usk Valley Group constituted as The Upper Usk Valley Rural Alliance. The Rural Alliances project has facilitated a group to come together to find ways to promote the enjoyment of this lovely part of Wales for the people who live here and for those that visit.

All works © The Upper Usk Valley Group 2023. Please do not reproduce without the expressed written consent of The Upper Usk Valley Group.

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