Llangynyw

Llangynyw is a hamlet and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, mid Wales. It is located on a hill inside a bend in the River Banwy, approximately two miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion.

Photo: John Ingleby (painter), Public domain.

Type: Hamlet with 582 residents
Description: hamlet in Powys, Wales
Also known as: “Llangyniew”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heniarth railway station and Cyfronydd Hall.

Heniarth railway station

Railway station

Heniarth Halt railway station is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway serving the hamlet of Heniarth. This station is a request halt and lies 6+3⁄4 miles from Welshpool's Raven Square terminus.

Cyfronydd Hall

House

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Cyfronydd Hall is a Welsh country house located on the A458 road between Welshpool and the hamlet of Cyfronydd, Llanfair Caereinion. It was built in about 1865 for the Pryce Jones family after an earlier hall on the site burned down.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles southwest of Llangynyw.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanfair Caereinion and Pontrobert.

Llanfair Caereinion

Llanfair Caereinion is a small town in Powys, east central Wales upon the River Banwy, around 8 miles west of Welshpool. It had a population of 1,800. The town is built upon the site of an old Roman fort.

Pontrobert

Village

Photo: John Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontrobert is an ecclesiastical parish that was formed in September 1854. It comprises the townships of Teirtref and part of Nantymeichiaid in the parish Meifod, a portion of Cynhinfa which was in the parish of Llangynyw and portions of the townships of Fachwel, Llaethbwlch and Cadwnfa which were in the parish of Llanfihangel. Pontrobert is situated 2½ miles northwest of Llangynyw.