The Dragons Back

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The Dragons Back (formerly The Castle Inn), is a pub with B&B rooms Bunkhouses & Campsite. We are located in a stunning valley, over 1000ft above sea level in the heart of The Black Mountains, in The Brecon Beacons National Park. We’ve kept our campsite purposely low key. We don’t have a children’s playground, we don’t have a laundry, we don’t have room for massive tents (over 15 ft) or caravans, and we don’t have a shop. What do we have? Two clean loos, 1 good free shower,( the shower is hot only when the campsite is busy or the bunkhouse is occupied), great views, our pub next door (with good food, real ales and a warm welcome), and direct access to the Black Mountains – what more could you want?

Site type

Languages spoken

English

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Features

No dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Shop nearby

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Location

The Dragons Back

Pengenffordd

Talgarth

Powys

Wales

LD3 0EP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.96363°N
-3.20475°W

Route directions

We are located adjacent to the A479, Approx. 3 miles South of Talgarth and 6 miles North of Crickhowell. The nearest train station is Abergavenny, approx 25 mins by taxi.

Nearest transport

Coach

7.8 mi Interchange

11.6 mi Bus Station

12.7 mi Inner Bypass

Rail

12.9 mi Ebbw Vale Town Rail Station

13.1 mi Abergavenny Rail Station

14.3 mi Ebbw Vale Parkway Rail Station

Ferry

29.3 mi Newport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

We are ideally placed for a whole host of activities hiking,biking,gliding, fishing,canoeing, in fact if you can do it outside you can almost certainly do it here! You can walk onto The Black Mountains straight from the site, or start and finish The Killer Loop - the most demanding moutain bike route in the Brecon beacons. We are within a 15 min drive of Hay On Wye and Brecon.

Must see

Brecon Mountain Railway 13.3 mi

Blaenavon Ironworks 13.8 mi

Big Pit: National Coal Museum 13.9 mi

Blaenavon World Heritage Centre & Tourist Information Centre 14.1 mi

Penderyn Distillery Visitor Centre 19.3 mi

National Trust

Cwmmau Farmhouse 14.4 mi

The Weir 18.1 mi

Skenfrith Castle 18.5 mi

The Kymin 24.4 mi

Croft Castle and Parkland 27.8 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Pengenffordd - Mynydd Troed - Pengenffordd 0.2 mi

Pengenffordd - Pwll y Wrack - Pengenffordd 0.2 mi

Pengenffordd - Castell Dinas - Y Grib - Waun Fach 0.3 mi

Talgarth - Park Wood - Ffostyll - Talgarth 2.5 mi

Llangors - Mynydd Troes - Llangors 3.3 mi

Local events

Green Man Festival (Thursday 15 August 2024 – Thursday 15 August 2024)
Crickhowell, Powys 6.8 mi
The Hay Festival (Thursday 23 May 2024 – Thursday 23 May 2024)
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire 8.4 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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What attractions are near The Dragons Back? We are ideally placed for a whole host of activities hiking,biking,gliding, fishing,canoeing, in fact if you can do it outside you can almost certainly do it here! You can walk onto The … Read more