• Pen y Fan (. Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɛn ə ˈvan]) is the highest peak in South Wales, situated in Brecon Beacons National Park (Bannau Brycheiniog).
  • One of the most breathtaking and scenic walks in the Brecon Beacons National Park is the Pen y Fan Horseshoe Ridge Walk.
  • As I began the descent from Pen y Fan, the memories of my journey lingered in my mind, a testament to the transformative power of nature and the human spirit.
  • If you choose to walk any of the Pen y Fan routes, please keep to marked trails and take care - some sections are steep and the drop at the top is precipitous.
  • Eventually, after a few false peaks – ok, maybe more than a few – you’ll be delighted to find a long ridge that heads toward the base of Pen Y Fan.
  • In this article I explain all you need to know about the 5 best Pen y Fan walks, including starting locations, times, difficulty and maps.
  • We climbed Pen y Fan for the first time while staying in Brecon.
  • The Brownstones Formation is unconformably overlain by the Pen y Fan Formation (382.7 to 358.9 million years old and formerly known as the Plateau Beds).
  • The typical route to the Pen y Fan summit begins at the the Pont ar Daf car park, 300m south of the Storey Arms Outdoor Education Centre along the A470.
  • At 886 metres above sea level Pen Y Fan is a serious peak but get this, from the trailhead to the peak it’s only 440m of climb to the top.