• Time from Brecon to Craig y Nos Castle Wedding Venue: 28 minutes

• Distance from Brecon to Craig y Nos Castle Wedding Reception Venue: 19 miles

1. Brecon pupulation is quite small - only 8,020.

2. Brecon in Roman times was a Roman cavalry base for the conquest of Wales and was a military base thereafter. In 43AD the Romans stationed 600 soliders in Brecon. The Barracks is today home to the 160th (Wales) Brigade.

3. The original name of Brecon was  "Brycheiniog" , most probably derived from the Irish founder of the kingdom, Brychan. Also the English Name of Brecon is probably derived from Brychan.

4. The castle which overlooks the town is Norman, built by Bernard de Neufmarche in the C11th. Many other castles were built in Norman times, including Cerreg Cennen.

5. Christ College in Brecon, a private boarding and day school, is the oldest school in Wales with a strong academic, sporting and musical tradition.

6. The 36 mile long Brecon/ Monmouthshire Canal was built between 1797 and 1812 to link Brecon with Newport and the Severn Estuary. The Brecon part of the canal was redeveloped in the 1990's and provides some excellent canal walks and canal boat trips from the 400 seat Theatre Brycheiniog (opened in 1997).

7. Brecon once had three railway stations built by three railway companies: Free Street (Brecon to Neath Railway), Watton (Brecon to Merthy Tydfil) and Mount Street (Midland Railway). All three stations were combined into a re-built single station at Free Street in 1871. All three services ceased by 1962 so now Brecon has no rail service.

8. The Brecon Jazz Festival is a popular annual event while in October there is a four day weekend event: the Brecon Baroque Music Festival.

14. There are four main regions in the National Park, two of which confusingly have the same name: The Black Mountain (West), Fforest Fawr, Brecon Beacons (Centre) and the Black Mountains (East). Fforest Fawr comprises a series of hills – Fan Fawr, Fan Dringarth, Fan Nedd, Fan Fraith and Fan Gyhirych.

15. Community Town Councils in the Brecon Beacons National Park are Brecon and Hay on Wye (town councils) and Cefn Coed; Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch & Cathedine; Llangattock; Llangors; Llanthony; Llywel; Pontsticill, Pontsarn & Vaynor; Talybont-on-Usk; Trallong; Trecastle and Ystradfellte

15. Community Town Councils in the Brecon Beacons National Park are Brecon and Hay on Wye (town councils) and Cefn Coed; Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch & Cathedine; Llangattock; Llangors; Llanthony; Llywel; Pontsticill, Pontsarn & Vaynor; Talybont-on-Usk; Trallong; Trecastle and Ystradfellte

15. Despite the rain and cloud cover, the Brecon Beacons National Park was made an International Dark Sky Reserve in February 2013.

16. The Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre was opened in 1966.

17. Activities in the Brecon Beacons National Park comprise walking, cycling, mountain biking, horse riding, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, fishing, rock climbing, hang-gliding, caravanning, camping and caving.

18. The Beacons Way is 100 miles long.

2. Sporting types might feature the various activities that people can do in the area - cycling, walking, canoeing etc.

3. Take some material off the history of the founding of Brecon, its founder Brychn, and maybe a medieval history theme taken from the early history of Brecon 'Kingdom'.

4. Feature place names on your tables centred on all the old railway station names in and around Brecon, with the old railway signage perhaps.

5. Use the Brecon Jazz Festival for inspiration, particularly for your evening entertainment perhaps - e.g. decorate your evening party room as if for a Jazz Festival featuring the names of famous Jazz Bands and music from the era of Jazz (1920's).

6. People connected to the military might base something around the Fan Dance and military training / military exercises / barracks names etc in the area.

7. If you have six tables for guests plus your head table, you could name each table after the six peaks of the Brecon Beacons mountains - Corn Ddu, Pen y Fan, etc.

8. If your guests are travelling from several areas that have National Parks in them, you could sit guests at tables representing the National Parks - ideally sitting the majority of guests 'in' the National Park table setting nearest to where they live.

9. The origin of the name Brecon Beacons could give you an idea for lanterns or candles as 'beacons' atop each mountain. Possibly incorporate a centrepiece on each guest table, a design/ setting of the relevant mountain peak with a 'beacon' on it.