Radnor Forest
Radnor Forest is a rock dome composed of Silurian shales, mudstones and limestone in the historic county of Radnorshire, Powys, Mid Wales. It is a forest in the medieval sense of the word.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Flying Stag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhos Fawr and Black Mixen.
Rhos Fawr
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone.
Black Mixen
Peak
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfihangel Rhydithon and New Radnor.
Llanfihangel Rhydithon
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfihangel Rhydithon is a community in the county of Powys, Wales, and is 56.1 miles from Cardiff and 143.5 miles from London. In 2011 the population of Llanfihangel Rhydithon was 228 with 6.7% of them able to speak Welsh. Llanfihangel Rhydithon is situated 2½ miles northwest of Radnor Forest.
New Radnor
Village
New Radnor 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. New Radnor is situated 2½ miles southeast of Radnor Forest.
Llandegley
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandegley, is a village near Llandrindod Wells, in the community of Penybont, in Powys, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It is the supposed location of the spoof Llandegley International Airport. Llandegley is situated 3 miles west of Radnor Forest.
Radnor Forest
- Type: Area
- Description: rock dome in Mid Wales
- Category: mountain range
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Radnor Forest” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Radnor Forest”
- Japanese: “ラドナー・フォレスト”
- Venetian: “Radnor Forest”
- Welsh: “Coedwig Maesyfed”
- Welsh: “Fforest Clud”
- Welsh: “Fforest Maesyfed”
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