Rhos-gôch

Rhos-gôch is a hamlet in Clyro, Powys, Wales. Rhos-gôch is situated nearby to the neighborhood Wern-Fawr, as well as near the hamlet Bryngwyn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve and Painscastle Castle.

Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve, located near Painscastle on the England/Wales border, is one of the largest raised bogs in mid and south Wales. ‘Goch’ is Welsh for ‘red’, and in autumn the bog accordingly becomes a stunning carpet of red and gold.

Painscastle Castle

Ruins

Photo: Phil Laycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Painscastle Castle is a castle in the village of Painscastle in Powys, Wales. It lies between Builth and Hay-on-Wye, approximately 3 miles from the Wales-England border today. Painscastle Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rhos-gôch.

Newchurch Hill

Peak

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newchurch Hill is a peak, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Rhos-gôch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newchurch and Clyro.

Newchurch

Village

Newchurch is a small rural village in Powys, Wales, centred around St Mary's Church. The village is within the community of Gladestry, about 5 miles north of Hay-on-Wye, and is on the Offa's Dyke Path, one of the UK's National Trails. Newchurch is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rhos-gôch.

Clyro

Village

Photo: Mike Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clyro is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the south-east. Clyro is situated 3 miles southeast of Rhos-gôch.

Clifford

Village

Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and 2.5 miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England. Clifford is situated 4 miles east of Rhos-gôch.

Rhos-gôch

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Rhos-goch” and “Rhosgoch”
Category: locality
Location: Clyro, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.12202° or 52° 7′ 19″ north

Longitude

-3.18876° or 3° 11′ 20″ west

Elevation

938 feet (286 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB RGC

Open location code

9C4R4RC6+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 936784399

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2639439

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