An 18th-century long Welsh farmhouse, empty for at least 12 years before YHA use, set in 15 acres of ancient woodland, and before that Storey Arms and the even earlier Llwyn-On.
A history of youth hostels in Brecon Beacons and this week’s, the former Llwyn-y-Celyn now known more simply as YHA Brecon Beacons.
Several small youth hostels were established in the hills of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Brecknockshire from the outset of the Youth Hostels Association in 1931. One was quickly established at Llwyn-On, 6 miles south of Storey Arms summit on the Merthyr Tydfil – Brecon main road.
More in John Martin’s profile of the three hostels… https://duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/y950001-llwyn-y-celyn-area-yhs-profile-2022-12-31_xcompressed-copy.pdf
Image courtesy YHA Archive, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.
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