Alerts

NRW has recently highlighted to us an ongoing issue with litter at Dinas Rock car park. All of us who use this site will have noticed an increasing amount of litter, discarded clothing, and human waste being left on site, which is becoming a concern both from an environmental and visitor experience perspective. NRW appreciates … Read more

NRW has advised us that the path works at Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn are now complete and fully open; thanks to Steffan Davies for the attached photographs of the new ‘public access’ route (and the temporary signage designed to help avoid more injuries and deaths in the area – including advice to “only enter the … Read more

NRW has advised us that “trail improvement works will be undertaken on the first section of the Sgwd yr Eira trail from Craig y Dinas/Dinas Rock Carpark [i.e. the route between the car park and the upper waterfall pool – and Loonies’ Leap via the hillfort], commencing on Monday 13th July 2026 for a period … Read more

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has advised us that they’ve received a few complaints about paddlers from anglers at Usk Reservoir, particularly those using the launch site ‘in the woods’. They (DCWW) do appreciate the difficulties of ‘sharing the space’ and that mutual respect is a two-way thing; however they’ve requested that we bring the following … Read more

Reservoir Passport holders should have already received this message direct from BBNPA, but just in case, the following message and map is from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water: “I just wanted to make you aware of some upcoming works at Beacons Reservoir, where our capital team will be undertaking spillway cleaning from 8th June through to … Read more

Following an enquiry from one of our Members, we asked NRW (Natural Resources Wales – which manages the Dinas Rock car park), NPTCBC (Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council – which manages the parking opposite the Angel Inn) and BBNPA (Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority – which manages Gwaun Hepste and Cwm Porth car parks) … Read more

One of our members has sent us the attached photo with the comment “I was giving them a test and they just pulled out there was some sideways movement. This may just be due to the dry spell we have had. I’m sure i have used them before and not had an issue.” Take care … Read more

Thanks to Tom Partridge for the following message and photos: “A number of small boulders have fallen from the climb down from the path river-right where it drops to meet the river level above Clun Gwyn Isaf. People may want to re-assess their route choice there. It can be avoided by getting into the river … Read more

BBNPA has informed us that they will be lifting the closure on the Sgwd yr Eira steps from this evening. Work will continue to be done for a few more days, but the contractors are happy to allow the public access while they finish off the work.

Discover what lives in our caves, from the threshold to the dark zone. The workshop will start at 9:15 at Penderyn Community Centre (CF44 9UX) with a presentation of what lives in the UK caves and what we might find. In the afternoon we will visit a local cave e.g. Porth yr Ogof to see … Read more