River Usk
For those who don't know about the River Usk, Brecon, Aberbran and the Brecon Beacons, here's some information:
The River Usk starts in the Carmarthen Fans mountains or Fan Brycheiniog of mid-Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park then flows south-east through Brecon, Crickhowell, Abergavenny and the eponymous town of Usk past the Roman legionary fortress of Caerleon, through the heart of Newport city and into the Severn estuary at Uskmouth beyond Newport.
Aberbran is a small settlement in Powys, Wales. It lies beside the River Usk and is 4 miles west of the town of Brecon. Two rivers run through Aberbran, it is where the Bran comes to an end and meets the Usk.
Brecon is an historic market town in southern Powys, mid Wales, at the confluence of the Honddu and the River Usk. It was the county town of the historic county of Brecknockshire, now part of Powys.
The Brecon Beacons are a mountain range in South Wales. It forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, one of Wales's three National Parks.
The Brecon Beacons range consists of the mountains to the south of Brecon. The highest of these is Pen y Fan (886 m); other notable summits include Corn Du (873 m), Cribyn (795 m), and Fan y Bīg (719 m). These summits form a long ridge which forms a horseshoe around the head of the Taf Fechan river to the south-east, with long parallel spurs extending to the north-east. The round of the Taf Fechan skyline forms a popular ridge walk known as the 'Beacons Horseshoe'. Many other fine walks exist in this part of the National Park but the mountains are known for swift changes in weather conditions, even in summer. In winter they can be dangerous.
The Brecon Beacons are named after the ancient practice of lighting signal fires (beacons) on mountains to warn of attacks by the English.
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