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Sugar Loaf loop from Llanwenarth car park — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

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Sugar Loaf loop from Llanwenarth car park — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

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Sugar Loaf loop from Llanwenarth car park — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

01:44

5.04km

260m

Hiking

Embark on an easy 3.1-mile (5.0 km) hike around Sugar Loaf from Llanwenarth car park, gaining 869 feet (265 metres) in elevation over approximately 1 hour and 43 minutes. The trail offers varied terrain, starting with wide grassy paths and dirt tracks before becoming steeper and rockier near the summit.…

Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

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1.06 km

Sugar Loaf Trail

Highlight • Trail

Sugar Loaf is an iconic little mountain and a Trail Magazine Top UK 100 mountain. The beauty of this hill is that you can come up from a variety of directions on quite a few trails. Take your pick really!

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Sugar Loaf Summit

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Mynydd Pen-y-fâl, to give Sugar Loaf its original Welsh name, is not a big hill. But because it stands separated from any other peak, including its brethren of the Black …

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5.04 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.85 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.38 km

468 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

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Sugar Loaf loop from Llanwenarth car park — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

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