Roaring cascades and enchanting forests

Take a journey through a land of ancient stone pathways, moss covered trees, roaring cascades and ghostly mists. Part of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (formerly known as the Brecon Beacons National Park), this is a place where beauty and mystery truly exist together.
Parking is free at various points (see map below), although a fee is charged at Gwaun Hepste and Cwm Porth.

Gallery

The thunder of falling water echoes through the valleys.

Important!

• Keep children and dogs closely supervised AT ALL TIMES.
• DO NOT enter any caves.
• This area is not suitable for wheelchairs or push chairs.
• PLEASE NOTE: the area has steep cliff sides, slippery river edges, fast flowing water, rocky and muddy pathways. It's a remote place with unreliable mobile phone signal - TAKE CARE.
• Facilities at Pontneddfechan Village and Cwm Porth.
• Fishing is permitted in the River Neath and its tributaries Pyddrin, Nedd Fach and Mellte (Rod License applies). More information on the Fishing Wales website.
• Please keep your dog on a lead and clean up any poo!

Map

Use the 'what3words' app for a precise location:
On-street parking along Pontneathvaughan Road: ///fiction.loving.flattery
Dinas Road car park: ///fats.rocked.texts
Heol Calch car park: ///cascaded.reinforce.float
Clun-Gwyn car park: ///marshes.photocopy.cracking
Pont Walby car park: ///narrates.callers.campfires
Cwm Porth car park: ///upsetting.flickers.dust
Gwaun Hepste car park: ///spenders.loves.terminal

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