The Brecon Beacons National Park is a beautiful area with dramatic scenery, varied wild life and an intriguing past. It is a landscape of contrasts with wild, open moor land and water falls, windswept mountains and sheltered valleys, bustling market towns and isolated farmsteads. In this rural area farming dominates the landscape and Welsh cultural traditions are warmly regarded - especially in the west. This agricultural landscape is rich in wildlife habitats with a wonderful variety of plants and animals some internationally rare. There is a powerful sense of history in the legacy of ancient historic buildings and tell tale signs even in the remotest landscape locations illuminating the story of the people who have lived and worked here during the last five thousands years.