Glasfynydd Forest is an extensive area of

coniferous Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extant ...

plantations in the west of the

Brecon Beacons National Park The Brecon Beacons National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales. It includes the Black Mountain (range), Black Mountain ...

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. It straddles the border between the counties of Powys and Carmarthenshire. The forest is divided into three blocks: * The northernmost () encircles the Usk Reservoir near the head of the

River Usk The River Usk (; cy, Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it fl ...

. Car parking and picnic facilities exist at the northern end of the Usk Reservoir dam on land owned by

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and managed on its behalf by the Natural Resources Wales. * The southernmost () is the largest block and occupies the ground south of the Usk valley and to the west of Crai which rises to Moel Feity. * The smaller central block () lies to the south of the minor road between

Trecastle Trecastle ( cy, Trecastell) ("the town of the castle") is a village in Powys, Wales, situated on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) and in the community of Llywel. The village has a populatio ...

and Llanddeusant at Mynydd Wysg.Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL12, ''Brecon Beacons National Park: Western Area''. Car parking and picnic facilities are provided by Natural Resources Wales at Pont'ar Wysg on this road.

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External links

Images of Glasfynydd Forest and surrounding area on Geograph website
Year of establishment missing Black Mountain (hill) Forests and woodlands of Carmarthenshire Forests and woodlands of Powys Forests and woodlands of the Brecon Beacons National Park