River

Afon Hepste

Located in Llanfrynach, Powys Coordinates: 51°53′01″ N 3°26′00″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 705 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Brecon; 7.6 km NE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: July; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport55 km; BRS Bristol Airport75 km

About Afon Hepste

Afon Hepste is a river. Location: Llanfrynach, Powys. The best months to visit are July. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Pen y Fan and Corn Du.

Photos of Afon Hepste

Cilwhybert Motte Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0
Brecon Castle Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Afon Hepste

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 166 mm

Hottest month: July (day 16°)
Coldest month: February (night -2°)
Wettest month: December (175 mm)
Driest month: July (81 mm)

3° -1°

3° -2°

5° -1°

8° 1°

12° 4°

14° 6°

16° 9°

13° 7°

10° 4°

6° 1°

4° 0°

Jan

174

Feb

122

Mar

130

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

108

Sep

123

Oct

146

Nov

166

Dec

175

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Afon Hepste
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	3°	5°	8°	12°	14°	16°	16°	13°	10°	6°	4°
Average low (°C)	-1°	-2°	-1°	1°	4°	6°	9°	9°	7°	4°	1°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	174	122	130	91	84	89	81	108	123	146	166	175

Other places to visit in this season: July

How to get to Afon Hepste

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 55 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newport, 45 km to the southeast.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 55 kmsouth
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 75 kmsoutheast
Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 128 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Newport Population: 161.5K 45 kmsoutheast
Swansea Population: 300.4K 46 kmsouthwest
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 48 kmsouth
Bristol Population: 479K 75 kmsoutheast
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 82 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Afon Hepste

Within 100 km: 996 historic and cultural sites, 2,365 natural sites, 169 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km247 places

Llangorse Lake Lake 13 kmNE
Talybont Reservoir Lake 9 kmE
Pen y Fan Mountain 1 kmW
Pen y Gader-fawr Mountain 23 kmE

25–60 km1,432 places

Barry Island Island 55 kmS
Sully Island Island 57 kmS
Ynys Isaf Island 54 kmW
Middle Head Island 51 kmSW

60–100 km1,851 places

Poppit Sands Beach 90 kmW
Putsborough Beach Beach 99 kmSW
Kilve Beach Beach 78 kmS
Manorbier Beach Beach 98 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Brecon Town, Brecon
7.6 km NE
Glyn Tarell Municipality, Powys
3.1 km NW
Brecon Municipality, Powys
7.8 km NE
Cantref Village, Llanfrynach
5 km NE
Libanus Village, Glyn Tarell
4.6 km NW
Tai'r Bull Village, Glyn Tarell
4.9 km NW

Afon Hepste

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Pen y Fan Mountain, Llanfrynach
0.2 km W
Corn Du Mountain, Glyn Tarell
0.7 km W
Brecon Beacons Mountain, Glyn Tarell
0.8 km W
Cribyn Mountain, Llanfrynach
1 km E
Craig Gwaun Taf Mountain, Glyn Tarell
1.2 km SW
Fan y Big Mountain, Llanfrynach
2.4 km E
Y Gyrn Mountain, Glyn Tarell
2.5 km W
Brecon Beacons National Park Natural site, Wales
2.3 km E

Afon Hepste

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026