Glascwm
Glascwm is a community in the upper Edw valley in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. The main settlement is concentrated in the two centrally located small villages of Frank's Bridge, located on the eastern slope of the valley, and Hundred House, located on the river terrace on the western side of the Edw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 558 residents
- Description: village in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Glasgwm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St David’s Church and Gwaunceste Hill.
St David’s Church
Church
Photo: Andrew Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St David's Church is an active parish church in the village of Glascwm, Powys, Wales. It stands in a circular churchyard in the centre of the village, some 9m to the north-east of Builth Wells.
Gwaunceste Hill
Peak
Gwaunceste Hill is a 542-metre-high hill in the county of Powys in east Wales. It falls within the communities of Gladestry and Glascwm around 4 km east of the village of Hundred House and about 2 km north of the hamlet of Glascwm.
St David’s Church
Church
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St David’s Church is situated 2½ miles west of Glascwm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newchurch and Llanbadarn y Garreg.
Newchurch
Village
Newchurch is a small rural village in Powys, Wales, centred around St Mary's Church. The village is within the community of Gladestry, about 5 miles north of Hay-on-Wye, and is on the Offa's Dyke Path, one of the UK's National Trails. Newchurch is situated 4 miles east of Glascwm.
Llanbadarn y Garreg
Village
Photo: Angela Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbadarn-y-Garreg is a village in the community of Aberedw, Powys, Wales. It is 45.1 miles from Cardiff and 141.9 miles from London. Until 1983 it was a community. Llanbadarn y Garreg is situated 4 miles southwest of Glascwm.
Gladestry
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gladestry is a small village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, mid-Wales, close to the border with England at the end of the Hergest Ridge and south of the large moorland area of Radnor Forest. Gladestry is situated 4½ miles east of Glascwm.
Glascwm
- Categories: community, hamlet, and locality
- Location: Glascwm, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.17096° or 52° 10′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.23228° or 3° 13′ 56″ westPopulation
558Elevation
965 feet (294 metres)Open location code
9C4R5QC9+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 29272153OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648585Wikidata ID
Q13128654
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Glascwm” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glascwm”
- Breton: “Glascwm”
- Catalan: “Glasgwm”
- Cebuano: “Glascwm”
- Chinese: “Glascwm”
- Cornish: “Glasgwm”
- French: “Glascwm”
- Irish: “Glascwm”
- Irish: “Glasgwm”
- Latin: “Glascum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Glascwm”
- Persian: “گلسکام”
- Swedish: “Glascwm”
- Welsh: “Glascwm”
- Welsh: “Glasgwm, Powys”
- Welsh: “Glasgwm”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Glascwm”. Photo: Angela Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.