Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre which explore the common of Mynydd Illtud beside which the Centre is situated. From the grounds and in particular from the terrace there are good views of the two highest peaks in the Brecon Beacons, Pen y Fan and Corn Du. There is a three-dimensional relief map of the entire National Park and a geological display featuring the various rock types of the area. Short films about the National Park and the Geopark can be viewed in the Centre. A grassed area in front of the building is available for children to play games and for picknicking. Brecon Beacons Mountain
Pen y Bryn now stands, some 185 metres from the church and the Mŵd in the centre of the village. A high-status structure, associated with 13th and 14th century material and thought to be the royal llys with its domestic and administrative buildings, has been found in the valley bottom, on the other side of the river and some 185 metres from Pen y Bryn. It is by the mound known as y Mŵd, near which in 1811 visible remains were locally supposed to be the palace of the Welsh Princes. Pen y Bryn Pen y Bryn is a two-storey manor house, in