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Beacons Reservoir

40 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome40 ha

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Robin
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Canada Goose, Robin, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2026; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Canada Goose, Robin, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2026; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Leuctra inermis, Dinocras cephalotes, Amphinemura sulcicollis +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Rhododendron, Common Butterwort, New Zealand Willowherb +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pen y Fan and Corn Du Circular Walk, East WalesWalking route6.4 km

A strenuous, circular mountain walk on well-made footpaths to the summit of Pen y Fan and Corn Du in the Brecon Beacons. If weather permits, you can enjoy views of the town of Brecon and on a good day, the summit of Cadair Idris.

Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 03:30Round tripLocal walking route
Upper Tarell Valley Walk, East WalesWalking route8 km

Follow a glaciated valley down the 18th-century main road from the Midlands to Cardiff. This circular follows the Taff trail & has views of the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) with the cliffs of Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad National Nature Reserve.

Named routeLength 8 kmDuration 03:00Round tripLocal walking route
Beacons WayWalking route152 km
Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route
South Wales TraverseWalking route

challenge route. not waymarked

Named route
Taff TrailWalking route88 km
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route

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