Llanigon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 487 residents
- Description: hamlet in the county of Powys, Wales
- Also known as: “Llanigon, Brecknockshire” and “Llanigon, Breconshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanthomas Castle Mound and Parish Church of St Eigon, Llanigon.
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.
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 1½ miles northeast of Llanigon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llowes and Hay-on-Wye.
Llowes
Village
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Hay-on-Wye
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hay-on-Wye is a small town with a population of about 1,900 in Mid Wales, on the River Wye, very close to the English border and within the borders of Brecon Beacons National Park.
Cusop
Village
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cusop is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England that lies at the foot of Cusop Hill next to the town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales. It is a short walk from Hay, the distance between bus stops, and can be reached by walking or driving out of Hay towards Bredwardine, and turning right into Cusop Dingle. Cusop is situated 2 miles northeast of Llanigon.
Llanigon
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Llanigon, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.05469° or 52° 3′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.14957° or 3° 8′ 58″ westPopulation
487Elevation
384 feet (117 metres)Open location code
9C4R3V32+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 29230983OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643989Wikidata ID
Q6661614
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Llanigon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llanigon”
- Breton: “Llanigon”
- Catalan: “Llanigon”
- Cebuano: “Llanigon”
- Cornish: “Llanigon”
- Dutch: “Llanigon”
- French: “Llanigon”
- Irish: “Llanigon”
- Persian: “لنیگان”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llanigon”
- Swedish: “Llanigon”
- Welsh: “Llanigon”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Llanigon Village Hall and Llanthomas Castle Mound.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Llanigon”. Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.