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Green lanes in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)

Most mapped lanes inside Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) are restricted byways you can’t ride, only 30% are open to motorcycles. Here’s exactly where the legal ones are.

149lanes open to motorcycles*
74 kmof legal lane
351restricted byways, no motors
0named lanes with a restriction

*BOATs and UCRs inside the park boundary, excluding sections under a permanent or current closure. Legal status changes, check before you ride.

Every mapped lane in the park

Inside the real park boundary. Numbers match the longest lanes list below. Tap the key to show or hide a layer.

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What you can ride

500 mapped lanes and byways inside the boundary, by legal type.

1scenic road or pass

Difficulty

Most lanes here aren't graded yet, so treat difficulty as unknown and check each lane's detail card before you go.

Longest open lanes

Named lanes open to motorcycles, each measured end to end across all its mapped sections.

  1. 1
    Ffawthog Road3.7 km
    UCR
  2. 2
    Lime Road2.6 km
    UCR
  3. 3
    Rhiwiau2.5 km
    UCR
  4. 4
    Penrhiw Road1.7 km
    UCR
  5. 5
    Byrgwm Road1.4 km
    UCR
  6. 6
    Coed Dias Road1.0 km
    UCR
  7. 7
    Old Castle Road0.9 km
    UCR
  8. 8
    Groes Lwyd Road0.9 km
    UCR

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Scenic roads and passes

Ordinary paved roads worth riding for their own sake, no rights of way question at all.

Gospel Pass

Places worth a stop

10 historic sites and landmarks inside the park, all on the map. Access rights not checked, look before you visit.

Castell Dinas
Ruin Castell Dinas

The highest castle in England and Wales at 450m, guarding the Rhiangoll pass between Talgarth and Crickhowell.

Henrhyd Falls
Attraction Henrhyd Falls

The tallest waterfall in southern Wales at 90 feet, familiar to film fans as the entrance to the Batcave in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.

Skirrid Mountain Inn
Attraction Skirrid Mountain Inn

A pub near Abergavenny with a claim to being one of the oldest in Wales.

Priordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni
Attraction Priordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni

A part-ruined Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, seven miles north of Abergavenny.

Craig-y-Nos Castle
Attraction Craig-y-Nos Castle

A Scots baronial country house once owned by opera singer Adelina Patti, now a hotel with its own Grade I listed theatre.

Penderyn Distillery
Attraction Penderyn Distillery

Home of Penderyn, the first whisky commercially distilled in Wales since the 19th century.

Hay Castle
Point of interest Hay Castle

A medieval fortification with a 17th-century mansion built alongside it, gutted by fire twice in the 20th century and reopened as an arts and literature centre in 2022 after a multi-million pound restoration.

The Monastery Church, Capel-y-Ffin
Ruin The Monastery Church, Capel-y-Ffin

A short-lived Anglican monastery founded in 1869 a few miles from the older Llanthony Priory, later home to the artist Eric Gill and now holiday accommodation.

Cicucium Brecon Gaer Roman Fort
Archaeological site Cicucium Brecon Gaer Roman Fort

Y Gaer, a Roman fort on the edge of modern Brecon.

Tretower Castle
Point of interest Tretower Castle

A ruined castle that began as a Norman motte and bailey around 1100 before being rebuilt in stone and later enlarged.

Questions riders ask

Can you ride green lanes in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)?

Yes, on lanes with the right legal status. We've mapped 149 BOATs and UCRs inside Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) that are open to motorcycles, about 74 km in total. Another 351 restricted byways inside the park are for walkers, cyclists and horse riders only.

Are any green lanes in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) closed?

We haven't found a named lane inside Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) with a current restriction yet. That doesn't mean there are none, so always check a lane's current status before you ride.

What is the longest green lane in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)?

Of the named lanes open to motorcycles, Ffawthog Road is the longest we've mapped inside the park, at about 3.7 km.

Are there GPX routes for Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)?

Not a ready-made one yet. You can build your own from Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)'s lanes with Holloway Premium's route planner and export it as a GPX file.

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Lane data from OpenStreetMap contributors and council rights of way records. Park boundary © Natural England / Natural Resources Wales, via OpenStreetMap, OGL. Reference only: legal status changes, check signage and current Traffic Regulation Orders before riding.

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