About Crickhowell

About Crickhowell

Nestling in the beautiful Usk Valley and lying to the south of the eastern range of the Brecon Beacons, the town of Crickhowell and its surrounding villages have attractions that are enticements for all visitors to this wonderful corner of Wales.

Crickhowell is a picturesque town situated in the south east of Powys, with an approximate population of 2,800. The town lies on the A40 Trunk road and is also sited within the Brecon Beacons National Park. To the south Crickhowell is bounded by the River Usk. To the north are the Black Mountains, the eastern range of the National Park. The town is surrounded by the villages of Llangattock, Llanbedr, Llangenny, Glangrwyney, Tretower, and Cwmdu, thus bringing the community population up to around 4,000.

The town has existed at least since iron-age settlers built a fort on the top of Crug Hywel, or Table Mountain as it is now known. The area was known to the Romans who built forts within the region. A motte and bailey castle, remains of which still exist, was built by the Normans. A well known feature of the town is the 16th century bridge spanning the River Usk – thirteen arches can be seen from one end of the bridge, whilst only twelve are visible from the other end.

Webbs lies at the heart of Crickhowell directly opposite another famous feature of the town, The Bear Hotel, a former coaching inn which retains its ‘post horses’ archway and original cobbles. The town centre itself is characterised by its monument and includes a variety of traditional businesses, many of which are also family owned.

The local area is blessed with a wealth of accomodation and fine restaurants to cater for all visitors to the area, in fact in many of these establishments you could find yourself sitting in our furniture or even sleeping in one of our beds!

Why not make Webbs of Crickhowell a stop-off on an away break? For more information and a full list of accommodation ideas, visit the town website: http://www.crickhowellinfo.org.uk/tourism/accommodation/