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One of many waterfalls on this route

Talybont waterfalls walk

Notes and points of interest

Talybont on Usk A small village lying alongside the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal and close to the river Usk. It is an ideal point from which to enjoy the canal-side walk. The Talybont reservoir is nearby.

Talybont Reservoir The largest man-made lake in the Brecon Beacons, this long reservoir is a haven for wildfowl. It fills the centre of what once was the valley of a major glacier.

Memorial The crash of a Wellington bomber in these hills in late July 1942 was a tragic event. Five young Canadians lost their lives when they were almost safe home at base and at a time of year when visibility is rarely a problem. But they failed by several feet to mount the hilltop and smashed into the valley side leaving wreckage, which can still be seen strewn along the ridge, marked by a memorial cairn.

Hanging valley The waterfalls and rapids on this walk owe their existence to a feature known as a hanging valley. Streams flow down what was once the valley of a tributary glacier. Where they meet the valley of the more deeply cut main glacial valley they plunge over the edge that the retreating glacier left hanging.