Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team
More than just mountains
IN AN EMERGENCY…
- Dial 999 or 112
- Ask for POLICE
- State you need MOUNTAIN RESCUE
2025 Team Statistics so far…
Rescue Hours
0
Incidents
0
Exercises
0
Events
0
Whichever way you plan to enjoy the mountains, be #adventuresmart
Ask yourself these three questions first…
- Do I have the right gear?
- Do I know what the weather will be like?
- Am I confident that I have the knowledge and skills for the day?
To find out more about how you can make a good day better, check out:
Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team…
is a voluntary organisation responsible for covering the Central section of the Brecon Beacons including South Wales’ highest mountain, Pen y Fan at 886m, Cribyn and Corn Du as well as the Ystradfellte waterfalls, Newport, Cardiff and the valleys.
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Callouts Catch Up:![]()
Here’s another summary of the incidents we’ve been called to since our last update, our April so far continues to be busy. In fact, to detail all the incidents separately would make for a post longer than this one, so instead, and for something a bit different, I’ve summarised the weeks of April so far:![]()
April week 1. The month’s callouts started on 2 April when we were called by Gwent Police to help 2 young persons lost on the mountain above Trefil village. Thankfully we quickly located them, uninjured and walked them back to safety. ![]()
The rest of the week we went to help our First Responder friends at Bike Park Wales with an injured mountain bike rider, we were called to Porth, Rhondda to help 2 young people stuck in a mountainside ravine and also to Caerphilly Mountain for a walker who’d slipped and sustained a head injury.![]()
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April week 2. On 9 April we were called to the Neuadd Valley of Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park where a walker was suffering with breathing difficulties on the Neuadd Ridge. Thankfully, their companions were able to slowly walk them off the ridge and into the valley where we met them and, working together with a paramedic from Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust, we were able to carefully walk them all to the ambulance. During the rest of week 2 we were back to the Neuadd area for a walker with walking difficulties from a pair of problematic knees. After full assessment by one of our Remote Rescue Medics, we stretcher-carried them to the car park for their onward journey to hospital. Next in week 2, we were at an area near Llantrisant village assisting South Wales Police with the search for a missing person, together with our 4 legged friends Search and Rescue Dog Association South Wales, our drone team and colleagues from Western Beacons Mountain Rescue Team.![]()
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At the start of April week 3, our callout total stands at 12 for the month so far, which makes it 54 so far in 2026. ![]()
During one of the April incidents, one of our “casualty bags” (a large, furry sleeping bag style piece of kit, used to insulate our casualties on our stretchers) became in need of cleaning. We are immensely grateful to our friends at Clean'd Ltd for their continued support in giving the bag a thorough and professional clean. For any cleaning jobs needed to a very high standard we have no hesitation in recommending Toby and his team.