Saturday, 18 October at 10.00am

Brecon Town Walk

Join Emma Hayes, one of Brecon’s White Badge Town Tour Guides, for a short walk through the historic market town of Brecon.

Brecon has roots stretching back to the Iron Age, with nearby hillforts like Pen-y-Crug reflecting its early tribal settlements. During the Roman era, a fort at nearby Y Gaer marked its strategic importance, and in the 11th century, the Normans established a castle that spurred the town’s development. Brecon became a religious centre with the founding of a priory that later became Brecon Cathedral, and it also played a key role in Wales’s rich Nonconformist tradition. In the Georgian era, the town prospered as an administrative and commercial hub, with elegant buildings and improved infrastructure. Brecon also has a proud military history, notably as the home of the South Wales Borderers, famed for their role at Rorke’s Drift in 1879; their legacy lives on at the town’s Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh.

Meeting place tbc

Duration: Max 2 hours

Tickets: £12