Grwyne Fawr
The Grwyne Fawr is a river in the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. A section of it forms the administrative border between Powys and Monmouthshire and also of the historic counties of Brecon and Monmouth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Elli’s Church, Llanelly and Bell Hotel.
St Elli’s Church, Llanelly
Church
Photo: Robevans123, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Elli, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. The church underwent three major restorations, in 1867–1868, 1897 and 1910–1911.
Cwrt-y-Gollen
Military installation
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Cwrt-y-Gollen is a British Army training base, 2 miles south-east of Crickhowell and just north of the A40 road and the River Usk, in southeastern Powys, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilwern and Glangrwyney.
Gilwern
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilwern is a village within the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, Wales. Historically in Brecknockshire, it extends to either side of the River Clydach on the south side of the Usk valley.
Glangrwyney
Village
Glangrwyney or Glangrwyne is a village 2 miles southeast of Crickhowell in Powys, Wales. The village is where the Grwyne Fawr has its confluence with the River Usk, southeast of the Sugar Loaf and at the junction of the road from Gilwern with the A40 trunk road.
Llangenny
Hamlet
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangenny is a village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales. It is in the lower reaches of the Grwyne Fawr. The Vale of Grwyney community consists of Glangrwyney, Llanbedr, and Llangenny. Llangenny is situated 1½ miles north of Grwyne Fawr.
Grwyne Fawr
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Grwyne Fawr” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grwyne Fawr”
- Swedish: “Grwyne Fawr”
- Welsh: “Afon Grwyne Fawr”
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