Kaya at Black Hill Farm

Adults-Only Dark-Sky Retreat on the Edge of the Black Mountains

Kaya at Black Hill Farm is an adults-only retreat at Craswall, between the Wye Valley and the Black Mountains, with Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) close by and walking routes leading straight into the surrounding landscape.

Kaya means “home”, and that idea sits at the heart of the experience here. Created by owners with backgrounds in mental health and humanitarian work, the retreat has been designed as somewhere to step away from everyday noise, slow the pace and reconnect with the countryside around you.

The accommodation is anything but standard. Kaya’s distinctive yurt-cabin spaces combine generous picture windows, handcrafted interiors and full self-catering facilities with en-suite bathrooms and outdoor bathing. Depending on the stay you choose, that might mean a roll-top bath beneath the sky, an outdoor shower or a wood-fired hot tub looking out across the hills.

The landscape is part of the room. Dark skies, wide views and the changing weather of the Black Mountains are deliberately brought into the experience, while walking routes from the farm connect towards the Cat’s Back, Offa’s Dyke Path and the wider mountains. Visitors planning more time on foot can explore walking in Bannau Brycheiniog as part of a longer stay.

There is also a strong environmental thread running through Black Hill Farm. Local materials and makers are used where possible, while tree planting, wildflower restoration and wider rewilding work are helping nature return to the farm.

For evenings when you would rather let someone else cook, The Bull’s Head at Craswall is within walking distance, giving this very rural retreat the rare luxury of a good local pub nearby.

For couples or solo travellers looking for somewhere that offers more than stylish accommodation, Kaya is about the space around you as much as the space you sleep in: hills, darkness, quiet and time to simply be there.