The quaint colony of Talybont-on-Usk, nestled wrong the majestic scenery of the Bannau Brycheiniog Brecon Beacons National Park, has its ain assemblage website that describes beingness determination arsenic 'as progressive arsenic you want, arsenic peaceful arsenic you need'. The colony is situated alongside the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal wherever it intersects with the Caerfanell stream and its tributary Nant Bwrefwr, which travel into the adjacent River Usk.
This convergence of 2 bodies of water, 1 inactive and 1 flowing, adds a unsocial earthy constituent to the stunning scenery that surrounds the community. It offers captivating views of mountains, fields, woodlands and adjacent waterfalls that agelong to the skyline successful each directions; genuinely idyllic.
If you ever consciousness the request to task retired of the village, nature's playground awaits successful this peculiar country of Wales. There are facilities and amenities successful the adjacent marketplace towns of Brecon, Crickhowell and Abergavenny, but it's the nationalist parkland that is the biggest gully for activities specified arsenic riding, rambling, biking, hiking, sailing connected the adjacent Talybont Reservoir, and exploring the stream routes connected onshore oregon connected the water.
The country boasts a plethora of attractions, including the mesmerising Blaen y Glyn waterfall nestled wrong Talybont Forest. This captivating destination is portion of the Lower and Upper Blaen y Glyn Waterfall Walk, but determination are galore different trails successful the vicinity that tin easy lure locals and tourists to research the stunning landscape.
As the prima dips beneath the horizon, the country continues to enchant with its minimal airy pollution. In definite parts of the nationalist park, it's non-existent, making star-gazing a genuinely magical experience, reports Wales Online.
Fishing and birdwatching are fashionable pastimes here, but this colony is acold from sleepy. It offers a vibrant assemblage for those seeking to immerse themselves, yet simply wandering astir the colony is simply a delight successful itself.
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WalesOnline/Rob Browne)The quaint streets are lined with charming chromatic play properties and pristine white-washed homes, historical bridges dot the landscape, and pedestrians tin bask leisurely walks on the canal path, serenaded by birdsong and bathed successful dappled sunlight. The colony and its surroundings person been a favoured dwelling spot for thousands of years, dating backmost to the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.
Stone relics from these bygone eras inactive basal proudly wrong the section landscape.
Fast guardant to today, and the 2021 census reveals that the colony has a colonisation of 684, consisting of 339 males and 337 females. The property breakdown is arsenic follows: 118 residents are aged betwixt 0-17 years, 379 are aged 18-64, and 179 are implicit 65.
However, if you're looking to articulation this community, uncovering a location mightiness beryllium challenging. According to spot portal Rightmove, nary 1 sold their location successful this charming Welsh colony successful 2024.
The past recorded merchantability was successful August 2023, based connected the astir caller Land Registry data. Over the past year, person averaged astatine £307,256, says Rightmove.
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WalesOnline/Rob Browne)This is importantly higher than the nationalist mean of £232,430, arsenic reported by the Principality Building Society. Naturally, being a colony means determination are less properties connected the marketplace astatine immoderate fixed time.
Yet, neighbouring villages similar Talyllyn and Llanfrynach person seen properties sold wrong the past year, dissimilar Talybont-On-Usk.
Julia, primitively from Brynmawr, and her hubby had their hearts acceptable connected 1 determination erstwhile they decided to determination backmost to Wales aft surviving successful London. Having resided successful the colony for astir a decennary now, Julia said: "We wanted to beryllium determination wherever we could inactive beryllium accessible to household successful Hertfordshire and London, and we were looking for a colony that had a shop, a pub and a assemblage that we could slot into, and it's got each of those.
"Actually determination are 2 pubs which are some truly good, a large store and a café tally by a beauteous household who are conscionable brilliant. It's determination wherever we consciousness similar we're surviving successful the mediate of the state - it's great, we perfectly emotion it here."
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WalesOnline/Rob Browne)According to Julia, the colony is bustling with clubs to articulation and activities to partake in, mostly centred astir the colony hall. This includes a play beverage and chat gathering for the aged and a monthly movie night.
"The hallway is besides utilized for parties", she said, "plus we bash a large bonfire nighttime from the hallway and there's a colony amusement successful August erstwhile we each bring our ain produce, we are doing thing for VE Day successful May, and there's a hallway committee which organises things for the section community.
"There's tons going connected but not everybody gets progressive with everything, of people determination are immoderate radical who similar to support themselves to themselves, but there's tons going connected and everything is advertised via posters successful the colony store and astatine the autobus shelter."
The section scenery besides offers a plethora of activities. She's joined a walking radical and boasts astir the assortment of scenic routes close connected her doorstep.
Julia said: "The walking is astonishing astir here, from the beforehand doorway oregon conscionable 10 oregon 15 minutes successful the car, we've got the Beacons and the Black Mountains, you tin get canal boats, you tin get kayaks connected the river, each sorts of worldly really."
She's not shocked that homes successful the colony are snapped up quickly, saying: "Generally properties bash get snapped up truly quickly, I deliberation radical travel and they stay, and there's a batch of families who person been present a agelong clip and a batch of radical calved and bred present actually.
"People besides travel backmost to the area, similar my hubby and I have, and radical discontinue present - it's a beauteous spot to be, wherefore would you privation to beryllium anyplace else? ".