GLYNMEDDIG BUNKHOUSE  
HOLIDAY AND WEEKENDERS

“This is a really good place to come to …it’s got a great games room and a huge garden. Today we have been up a mountain and tomorrow we are going pony trekking”
Genny Allcroft, aged 10.
"Great bunkhouse.....children and adults really enjoyed themselves"
Williams Family holiday, Deeside
"Found and booked the place on a whim.  Quite a find"
Black Family, Liverpool

Glynmeddig is a perfect venue for a holiday or weekend away – if you do not want to drive you need never leave the valley as there is a games room and tennis court on site and the village pub is walking distance

If you are a little more adventurous, then coming to Wales and The Brecon Beacon's National Park is not just about activity holidays and activity weekends.  This is a stunningly beautiful area and is far less commercialised than most National Parks in the UK.

PEN-Y-FAN 
 

There are numerous sites of interest and fun things to do for all the family and for those with particular interests such as history, gardening, steam railways, canals and bird watching.

BRECON & MONMOUTH CANAL

  Photos: Graeme Bell

Fun Days Out

Brecon Beacon's Mountain Railway
Enjoy the Welsh scenery of the National Park on this narrow gauge steam train (April to October only)

The National Show Cave Centre and Dinosaur Park at Dan-yr-Ogof
Winner of six different tourism awards - includes a spectacular cathedral cave and has numerous other attractions

Hay-on-Wye
The town of books

Big Pit, Blaenafon
A unique underground tour of a real Welsh coal mine

Techniquest
Science discovery centre, Cardiff

Black Mountain Activities
Children’s Activity days

The Gower Peninsular

Throughout the year there are many different events going on in the area and we keep a full and up to date calendar in the barn.

We have listed just a few events to give you a flavour!

E-mail or telephone us to see what is on during your planned visit.

Events

Hay Literary Festival, Hay on Wye	May / June
Man v. Horse Hill Race	June
Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells	July
Brecon Show	August
Brecon Jazz Festival,  Brecon	August
Victorian Festival, Llandrindod Wells	August
World Bog Snorkelling Championships, Llanwrtyd Wells	August
Sennybridge Agricultural Show	September
Mid Wales Beer Festival, Llanwrtyd Wells	November

Bird Watching

We are in an area that has attracted the Red Kite and these magnificent birds can often be seen soaring above Glynmeddig.  For more information you can visit the Llandovery or Llanwrtyd Wells Kite Information Centres. 

See - Gigrin Welsh Kite Trust and Kite Country

The Black Mountain Red Kite Feeding Station next to the Cross Inn, Llandeussant. Feeding is at 2pm in the winter and 3pm in the spring and summer.
01550 740617   email: enquiries@cross-inn.co.uk    http://www.cross-inn.co.uk
 

Historical Sites

For those interested in history, there are Castles to visit within an hour:

• Stunning Cerrig Cennan at Trapp near Llandeilo
  
• Castell Coch, the fairy tale castle near Cardiff
  
• Caerphilly Castle with its outstanding water defences  (3 moats!)
  
• Tretower Court and Castle near Crickhowell
  
• Llanthony Priory in the hills above Hay-on-Wye

The Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans - one of Europe's most outstanding open air museums.

Llancaiach Fawr Manor House, is one of the best surviving examples of a semi-fortified Tudor Manor House in the country.  Throughout the summer you can visit on a daily basis to see history come alive as stories are acted out within the grounds.

The Roman site at Caerleon with its Roman Baths and Amphitheatre is only an hour away.

National Museums and Galleries of Wales
 
Local museums in Brecon include:

The Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery and 
The South Wales Borderer's Museum (the Zulu wars)

Gardens

This area of Wales is within reach of some of the most fascinating and innovative gardens in the country:

• The National Botanic Garden of Wales boasts the world's largest single span glass house
  

• The historic garden at Aberglasney is a 'garden lost in time'
  
• Llancaiach Fawr has fully restored 17th century gardens
  
• Craig-y-nos Country Park with its many beautiful trees.