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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Castle Caereinion
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Caereinion is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, upon the River Banwy, around 8 miles west of Welshpool, and 4 miles east of Llanfair Caereinion. Castle Caereinion is situated 3 miles southeast of Llangynyw.
Llangynyw
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Llangyniew, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.67122° or 52° 40′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.2936° or 3° 17′ 37″ westPopulation
582Elevation
492 feet (150 metres)Open location code
9C4RMPC4+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 29739443OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2644001Wikidata ID
Q6661589
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Llangynyw” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llangynyw”
- Breton: “Llangynyw”
- Catalan: “Llangynyw”
- Cornish: “Llangynyw”
- Dutch: “Llangynyw”
- French: “Llangyniew”
- French: “Llangynyw”
- Galician: “Llangynyw”
- German: “Llangynyw”
- Indonesian: “Llangynyw”
- Irish: “Llangynyw”
- Persian: “لانگونیو”
- Scots: “Llangynyw”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llangynyw”
- Welsh: “Llangyniew”
- Welsh: “Llangynyw”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glascoed and Cyfronydd.
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Highlights include St Cynyw Church and Pen-Y-Pentre Caravan Park.
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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 “Llangynyw”. Photo: John Ingleby (painter), Public domain.