Brecon Beacons East A-Z Adventure Atlas

The eastern part of the Brecon Beacons at 1:25,000 in a series of handy A5 size Adventure Atlases from Geographers'' A-Z Map Company with cartography from the Ordnance Survey’s Explorer series. Coverage includes Brecon, Hay-on-Wye, Pandy, Abergavenny, Pontypool, Merther Tydfil, Llangynidr, Llanfrynach, Llangorse and Talgarth.

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A-Z Adventure Atlases have cartography of the Ordnance Survey’s Explorer maps and provide plenty of recreational and tourist information, indicating traditional public rights of way paths, including bridleways and byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. Also shown are other routes with public access, including permissive footpaths and bridleways. Special marking indicates National Trails, Long-distance Routes and Recreational Routes, and for cyclists the maps show traffic-free routes and the National Cycle Network. A wide range of symbols highlights locations of special tourist interest: camping and caravanning sites, youth hostels, information offices and visitors’ centres, parking and picnicking places, historic buildings (indicating where appropriate National Trust, English Heritage, or Cadw), sites for various recreational pursuits, country pubs, public toilets, etc.

The mapping provides detailed presentation of the topography with contours at 5 or 10m intervals, numerous spot heights and colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation. Additional colouring shows access land, including areas managed by the National Trust, Forestry Commission and Woodland Trust. All the standard information expected of high quality survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings or embankments, individual isolated buildings, etc. For GPS each page as a 1-km British National Grid. Each atlas has an index which includes geographical features, nature reserves, youth hostels, car parks, etc, and provides additional notes on safety and security when walking, plus QR codes for obtaining by mobile phone information about local weather, danger areas, mountain rescue, map reading, OS National Grid coordinates, etc.