Gladestry
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.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 438 residents
- Description: village and community in the county of Powys, Wales
- Also known as: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Gladestry C.I.W. School.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is an active parish church in the village of Gladestry, Powys, Wales. The village lies east of Builth Wells close to the border with England. The church is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building.
Hergest Ridge
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom, between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys. Hergest Ridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gladestry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntington and Upper Hergest.
Huntington
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huntington is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and on the border with Wales. In 2011 the parish had a population of 103. Huntington is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gladestry.
Upper Hergest
Hamlet
Upper Hergest is a hamlet located in the civil parish of Kington, in the county of Herefordshire, England. It is located approximately 2 miles west of the town of Kington and lies close to the border with Wales. Upper Hergest is situated 2 miles east of Gladestry.
Yardro
Hamlet
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yardro is a hamlet in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Radnorshire. The nearest significant towns are Kington, Herefordshire and Presteigne. New Radnor, which used to be the county town of Radnorshire, is a short distance to the north of Yardro. Yardro is situated 2½ miles north of Gladestry.
Gladestry
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Gladestry, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.1885° or 52° 11′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.12722° or 3° 7′ 38″ westPopulation
438Elevation
764 feet (233 metres)Open location code
9C4R5VQF+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 29272158OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648616Wikidata ID
Q5566244
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Gladestry” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gladestry”
- Breton: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
- Bulgarian: “Гладестрй”
- Catalan: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
- Cebuano: “Gladestry”
- Cornish: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
- Dutch: “Gladestry”
- French: “Gladestry”
- Irish: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
- Russian: “Гладестри”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
- Swedish: “Gladestry”
- Welsh: “Gladestry”
- Welsh: “Llanfair Llythynwg”
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