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Powys is a county and preserved county in Wales.It covers an area of 5,180 km 2 (2,000 sq mi) [1] and in 2021 the population was approximately 133,600. [2]The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022.
Glanusk Park (Welsh: Parc Glanwysg) is a country estate in Wales, United Kingdom, situated near the town of Crickhowell, Powys and was established in 1826 [1] by ironmaster Sir Joseph Bailey. The park features in the hereditary title Baron Glanusk which was given to Sir Joseph's grandson, Sir Joseph Bailey in 1899 who at that time was the Lord ...
A Flintshire County Councillor proposed all of North Wales become a national park. [53] In December 2023, Powys County Council rejected a national park to be within its boundaries. [38] A proposed boundary map was released in mid-2024, with another public consultation taking place in late 2024, and another final one in late 2025. [54]
Vaynor Park is a country house in a landscaped park, standing on high ground to the south-west of Berriew village, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, now Powys.The origins of the house date from the mid-15th century, but the house was extensively re-built in brick about 1640 in the Jacobean style.
The Begwns, or sometimes The Begwyns, form a small upland area in eastern Powys, Wales. They sit within the communities of Painscastle, Glasbury and Clyro, to the north of a great bend in the course of the Wye valley, west of Hay-on-Wye. ‘Begwns' is a cymricisation of the English ‘beacons’.
The Elan Valley (Welsh: Cwm Elan) is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". It covers 70 square miles (180 km 2) of lake and countryside. The valley contains the Elan Valley Reservoirs and Elan Village, designed by architect Herbert Tudor Buckland as part
Pontneddfechan (Welsh for 'bridge over the Little Neath'; pronounced [pɔntˌniðˈvɔːn]; also known as Pontneathvaughan) is a village in Powys, Wales.It is the southernmost village in the historic county of Brecknockshire, within the Vale of Neath and in the community of Ystradfellte.
New Radnor (Welsh: Maesyfed) is a village and community in Powys, Wales.It is south of Radnor Forest, and was historically the county town of Radnorshire.. In the 2001 census, the community's population of 410 was split evenly between male and female, in 192 households. [2]