In April 2023, the Brecon Beacons National Park announced that it was changing its name, and that going forward the it would be officially known only by its Welsh name – Bannau Brycheiniog. The change was part of a wide-ranging rebranding exercise that coincided with the 66th anniversary of the park’s creation.
The change came in the wake of another Welsh national park’s decision to revert to its Welsh name. Back in November 2022, the Snowdonia National Park Authority voted to adopt the Welsh word Eryri instead of Snowdonia, and to use Yr Wyddfa rather than Snowdon when referring to Wales’ highest mountain.
