Maps

Four Wells Group

The four Wells Group are based in Mid Wales, the area is bounded by the spa towns of Llandrindod, Builth, Llanwrtyd and Llangamarch Wells. The map is available here.

Brecon Beacons

This National Park (designated in 1957) covers 519 miles². It is divided from west to east into four main areas, The Carnarfon Fans (Black Mountain); Forest Fawr; Central Beacons and The Black Mountains. The Park is an area of great beauty and variety. It is a rich mixture of Old Devonian red sandstone mountains; peat moorlands; glacial valleys; limestone foothills; crags; swallowholes; gorges and areas of natural and farmed woodland. To the centre and west of the National Park the remains of the areas industrial past can be found, encompassing four thousand years of activity. Limekilns, coalspoils and quarries dot the landscape. Elsewhere, man and his animals have been taming and altering this landscape. The fertile valleys provide rich arable and dairy and beef farming, whilst the mountain slopes, much of which is common grazing land, supports sheep, ponies and wild fowl.
This is an area rich in history. It is dotted with monuments that remind us of man's settlement during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age periods. Remains of Roman, Celtic, Norman and Medeival rulers can be found in abundance.
The Brecon Beacons are easily accessed by the public and for this reason the rapidly changeable weather does catch many unprepared and underequipped - the Longtown and Brecon Beacons Mountain Rescue Teams are amongst the busiest in the U.K. The map is available here

Radnor Forest

 A distinctive feature of the region is a rock dome called Radnor Forest. It is not a forest in the usual sense of being a heavily wooded area, but in the medieval sense of "forest" being an unenclosed area used for hunting. It is a land of hill farming and great moorlands, with steep narrow valleys. The highest point is Great Rhos at 660m a broad featurless plateau.
‘There is a local legend that the last Welsh Dragon lies asleep deep in Radnor Forest and that long ago the people of this area built four churches in a circle around the forest. These were dedicated to St Michael, the conqueror of the dragon, to make sure he does not escape. Many believe that if any of these churches is destroyed the dragon will awake and ravage the countryside once more. The churches are Llanfihangel Cefnllys, Llanfihangel Rhydithon Llanfihangel Nantmelan and Llanfihangel Cascob. The map is available here

Elan Valley

The Elan Valley, often described as 'Wales best kept secret', this remote system of valleys and Victorian dams is a spectacular mixture of man-made architecture and natural beauty. This is one of the few places in Britain where it is still possible to roam a wild landscape all day in solitude - a paradise for walking, pony trekking, watching birds, fishing, photograpy and mountain biking alike. The map is available here

The maps are based on those by Bartholomew
from UK Street Maps