A canal View
View of the Usk River
Crickhowell
Local Activities
More information and maps etc. are available at the cottage or on request. Activities locally include climbing, mountain biking, walking, canoeing, riding, boat trips, fishing and pony trekking.
The Town centre is one minutes walk from the cottage and provides traditional market town facilities with cafe, delicatessen, locally stocked butchers, hardware shop and an organic produce market held on Saturday mornings in the town hall vaults fronting the square. The town also has a traditional fish and chip shop and an Indian take away.
In and around Crickhowell
There is great walking locally and the historic market towns of Hay-on Wye (International Book Town, but also great for antiques and markets), Brecon and Abergavenny are all within a short drive. The World Heritage Site of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is 6 miles away. The cottage is within 100m of the banks of the River Usk which has a large open area of parkland with picnic benches and footpaths which run west along the river bank. The cottage is within 10 mins walk of the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal which provides a comfortable walk eastwards to Abergavenny and west to Llangynidr and Brecon.
