Attached to a great indie bookshop, this bright, licensed cafe is very popular locally, and ideal for a solo lunch – perhaps a ploughman's platter with local Perl Las cheese, ham, pork pie and pickles – over your latest paperback purchase. The coffee's good, and the loft doubles as an event space – see the website for upcoming tastings, readings and the like.
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Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
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