Brecon Castle Hotel

Castle Square, Brecon, Brecon Beacons, Powys, LD3 9DB

Phone: +44 (0)1874 624611, Fax: +44 (0)1874 623737

AA 3 Stars
Visit Wales 3 Stars

www.breconcastle.co.uk

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Brecon is a small medieval and Georgian market town in mid Wales, about 3 ½ hours drive from central London, 2 ½ hours from Birmingham and 1 hour from Newport, Cardiff and Swansea. It lies at the heart of The Brecon Beacons National Park, 500 Square miles of moorland and mountains punctuated by attractive lakes, valleys and market towns.

Brecon Castle Hotel has recently undergone a major refurbishment to its bedrooms, public areas and gardens. The hotel has 43 double or twin bedrooms (all ensuite) in 4 categories: B&B annex room (in the former castle stables); standard rooms and Superior Rooms and Junior Suites (both of which have fantastic mountain and river views). The hotel has a number of family bedrooms, disabled access bedrooms and pet-friendly bedrooms. There is parking for coaches and 35 cars (the only hotel in Brecon with off-road parking). The hotel boats a traditional old bar with log fires serving local Brecon ales, ciders, perries and whiskies and homemade pub food and extensive beer gardens with superb mountain and castle views (well-behaved dogs on leads are allowed in the bar and garden areas). A La Carte dining is available in our Georgian Beacons View Restaurant. Dinner, bed & Breakfast packages available - please enquire. There are six function rooms for intimate to large weddings, functions and conferences including the recently renovated 250-year old Regency Ballroom with its original sprung wooden floor that can accommodate up to 200 people for banquets, exhibitions, conferences and meetings. Large group bookings, walking groups and coach parties also catered for. Please enquire about the range of outdoor activities that can be arranged from the hotel: fishing, golg, horse-riding, mountain biking, quad-biking, gorge-jumping, white water rafting, sailing, etc.

Brecon Castle Hotel is the oldest purpose-built hotel in Wales, built in 1809 by Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar Park in Newport (the seat of the Lords of Tredegar). The hotel incorporates and adjoins the remains of historic Brecon Castle, which was built in 1092 by Bernard de Newmarche, the brother of William the Conqueror. After the castle was besieged in the English Civil War, the castle walls were taken down by the weary towns-folk and the main central castle building became a busy coaching inn before being converted into the summer residence of the Morgan Family (later Lord Tredegar) in the 18th C. In 1809, the building was extended by the Morgan family and a Georgian façade added to the medieval walls and it re-opened as the first "modern" hotel of its kind in Wales, to cater to both the busy coaching trade and also the noblemen that could no longer go on "tour" to Europe thanks to the European wars with Napoleon. In the 20th C, the hotel became a fashionable hideaway for artists and politicians such as Lloyd-George, George Bernard Shaw and Augustus John who enjoyed the comforts of this lovely old building, the views from the castle towers and the many and varied mountain and valley walks from the town.

The hotel is located in a secluded and quiet position on top of its own castle hill but only 1 minutes walk from the town centre and with superb views of the river Usk and up to the central Brecon Beacons mountains and Pen-y-Fan.

Brecon Castle Hotel

How to get to the Hotel

From the Severn Crossing
Leave the M4 at junction 24, follow the signs towards Monmouth (A449) and Abergavenny (A40). After about 20km (14 miles) branch off to join the A40 to Abergavenny and Brecon.

From Abergavenny and Hereford - the East and North
At the A40 roundabout on the edge of town, follow the signs to the town centre, continue for about a kilometer - past the petrol station on your left, past the Town Museum on your left, past the Cinema on your left and then left down a steep hill to a set of traffic lights. Cross straight over this junction into a narrow road, signposted towards Cradoc. After 200 meters, turn right, into Castle Square.

From Cardiff, Swansea, Llandovery - the South and West of Wales
At the A470 roundabout, follow the signs through Llanfaes to the town centre, continue for about a kilometre. Crossing over the Usk bridge, turn left immediately - it is signposted towards Cradoc. After 200 meters, turn right, into Castle Square.

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