About this place
- Overview
- Welsh national park; first IDA Dark Sky Reserve in Wales
- Horizon
- Rolling moorland hills; open views from summit areas
- Region
- GB
- Nearest city
- ~40 km of light pollution
Certified dark-sky park
Brecon Beacons Dark Sky Reserve
GB · Rural / suburban transition skies
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- IDA Dark Sky Reserve
- Sky quality
- Bortle 4.1 (measured) · Rural / suburban transition
- Measured brightness
- 21.2 mag/arcsec² · Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) IDSR application: core-zone average 21.22 mag/arcsec^2, rounded to 0.1
Official links
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On the map
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