Llowes
Llowes is a small village in the community of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. The village has approximately 110 inhabitants. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 3 miles to the south-east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanthomas Castle Mound and Maesyronnen Chapel.
Llanthomas Castle Mound
Castle
Photo: LiamGM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llanthomas Castle Mound was built by the Normans after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, probably after the Norman invasion of Wales in 1081, but before 1215.
Maesyronnen Chapel
Church
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Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building. The chapel is one of the earliest Nonconformist chapels to be built in Wales, and is the only chapel existing from that time to be largely unchanged and still in use as a chapel.
Hay Castle
Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late 11th or the early 12th centuries. Hay Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Llowes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanigon and Clyro.
Llanigon
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanigon is a village and community in Powys, Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478.
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 2 miles northeast of Llowes.
Glasbury
Village
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Glasbury, also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The village lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, and is located just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains. Glasbury is situated 2 miles southwest of Llowes.
Llowes
- Type: Village with 110 residents
- Description: hamlet in the county of Powys, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Glasbury, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.06733° or 52° 4′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.17825° or 3° 10′ 42″ westPopulation
110Elevation
299 feet (91 metres)Open location code
9C4R3R8C+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 29271075OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643881Wikidata ID
Q6662218
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llowes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Llowes”
- Dutch: “Llowes”
- French: “Llowes”
- Irish: “Llowes”
- Swedish: “Llowes”
- Welsh: “Llowes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Moity and Llowes Common.
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Highlights include The Radnor Arms PH and Fron Wood.
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