Wales
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
Big mountain roads on the doorstep of South Wales.
- Road guides
- 3
- Miles covered
- ≈ 38
- Twistiest
- Black Mountain Pass
- Nation
- Wales
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park stretches from the Black Mountain in the west to the Black Mountains in the east. It has the Black Mountain Pass, the Gospel Pass and quick A-roads across the park.
Wide mountain passes with hairpins and big views, plus narrow single-track roads in the eastern Black Mountains.
Road guides
Roads in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
Black Mountain Pass
The A4069 over the Black Mountain is famous for the horseshoe bend near its summit and appearances on Top Gear. Hairpins, open moor and views across Carmarthenshire make it one of the best roads in Wales.
Gospel Pass
The Gospel Pass climbs from Hay-on-Wye into the Black Mountains and runs down the Vale of Ewyas to Llanthony Priory. It is single track, slow and one of the highest roads in Wales.
Brecon to Hirwaun
The A4059 climbs out of Brecon across the open slopes of Fan Fawr near Storey Arms and down towards Hirwaun. It is fast and open, with the peaks of the Beacons towering to the east.