HF Houses - Brecon
Getting to Brecon by Public Transport
The nearest railway station to Brecon is Abergavenny. Then there is a bus to Brecon, because this is in Wales, English bus passes don't work. I was told by some fellow guests that English bus passes work on the Hereford to Brecon bus because part of the journey is in England but I have not tried that myself.
Image from Google Street View.
I walked from the train station to the bus station in Abergavenny. At the end of the road shown above there is a path which goes through some housing estates to the bus station.
Bus 43 and X43 went from stand 5 at the bus station here:
Image from Google Street View.
Bus 43 goes via the scenic route next to the river Usk and the Monmouthshire & Brecon canal and bus X43 goes more directly along the A40. The X43 also starts off going to Station Road so I didn't need to walk through all those housing estates but the bus was quite busy so I think walking to the bus station is the safest option.
Get off at Brecon bus interchange here where the route terminates:
Image from Google Street View.
Walk from Heol Gouesnou to Alexanrda Road which is parallel with it and just above it.
Image from Google Street View.
Turn right onto Belle Vue Road. These are one way streets but always look both ways before crossing them. If you see people driving the wrong way along these roads that will be your fellow guests arriving. When I was having my tea & scones I asked people what their journey was like (as one does) and at least 3 separate people said that they had driven the wrong way down the one way streets to get there. Some said they had not seen the one way signs until it was too late. The others said they had seen the signs but they had ignored them as the could not find the correct route. If there are any HF drivers reading this, the blue circles with white arrows in these pictures mean one way, they are not optional.
Image from Google Street View.
Buses at Brecon
The buses appear to be run by various bus companies and the franchises can change so its important to get the latest timetables from the company operating the route when you go. There may be some overall information about the routes on the Transport for Wales website here:
https://tfw.wales/ways-to-travel/bus
TFW brand the longer-distance bus services as TrawsCymru and they have the timetables for these on their website:
TFW are also involved with the demand-responsive fflecsi bus services:
Another overview of the bus services may be Powys Council:
https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/4019/Transport-and-Travel
When travelling to Brecon, using public transport, a lot of people catch the train to Abergavenny and then use the X43/43 to Brecon.
When searching for this service online a lot of the sources will show the operator as 'Stagecoach South Wales' but, last time I checked the operator had changed to Williams Coaches, it may change again so you sometimes have to do a bit of research to get the latest information and don't believe what AI tells you.
https://www.williams-coaches.co.uk/timetable
Last time I checked Williams Coaches operate these routes:
- X43/43 Brecon - Abergavenny
- T4 Merthyr Tydfil - Brecon - Llandrindod Wells - Newtown (branded as "TrawsCymru")
- X80 Brecon - Llandovery
- 40A/40B Brecon Town Service
Lloyds Coaches operate:
- T2 Bangor - Caernarfon- Porthmadog - Dolgellau - Machynlleth - Aberystwyth (branded as "TrawsCymru")
Adventure Travel operate:
- T6 Brecon - Swansea (branded as "TrawsCymru")
Sargeants operate:
https://www.sargeantsbros.com/services/x44/
- X44 Brecon - Hay On Wye - Hereford
The House
I was is the annex which was very pleasant. Although this is where the dog owners go which I don't like.
Walks from Brecon without Using a Car
It looks like there is a walk along the river Usk which I did not have time to try.
I did have a nice walk along the Monmouthshire & Brecon canal which starts in Brecon.
I walked from the house to the top of Pen-y-Fan and back. The bit from the house to the base of Pen-y-Fan is very unpleasant because it goes along narrow lanes with thick hedges on each side and no passing places, there is an NT car park at the end of the lane, every time a vehicle comes you have to squeeze past it.
However once you get onto Pen-y-Fan its much better with views back to Brecon:
I think, next time I go I will try to find a bus route to the base of Pen-y-Fan.
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About This SiteHere is some information I have gathered together about getting to and walking from HF houses when leaving the car at home. On these pages I have also put some history about former HF houses I have visited. The information here is based on my visits to HF houses over the years. It may be out of date so don't rely on anything here without checking. If you find any errors why not let others know by putting a post on the HF Holiday Fans ( unofficial) Facebook forum. I will try to quote such posts here so they don't get lost. This is information I have discovered over the years which would have been useful to know before. Unfortunately the travel information on the HF website, for getting to houses by public transport, is poor. I think it would be better if the information on this page were on the HF website. |
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