Capel-y-ffin
Capel-y-ffin is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of Llanthony in Powys, Wales. It lies within the Black Mountains and within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 8 miles to the northwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanthony Abbey and Black Mountain South Top.
Llanthony Abbey
Ruins
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Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory.
Black Mountain South Top
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Black Mountain South Top is a top of Black Mountain in the Black Mountains range that spreads across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales.
Chwarel y Fan
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanthony and Craswall.
Llanthony
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanthony is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom. Llanthony is situated 3 miles southeast of Capel-y-ffin.
Craswall
Village
Craswall is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It lies in the far west of the county, in the foothills of the Black Mountains, close to the border with Wales. Craswall is situated 3½ miles northeast of Capel-y-ffin.
Longtown
Village
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longtown is a linear village and parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Clodock and had a population in mid-2010 of 543, increasing to 620 at the 2011 Census. Longtown is situated 4½ miles east of Capel-y-ffin.
Capel-y-ffin
- Type: Hamlet with 50 residents
- Description: village in the county of Powys, Wales
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Llanigon, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.97764° or 51° 58′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.08651° or 3° 5′ 11″ westPopulation
50Elevation
1,060 feet (323 metres)Open location code
9C3RXWH7+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 469130526OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2653843Wikidata ID
Q990117
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Capel-y-ffin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Capel-y-ffin”
- Breton: “Capel-y-ffin”
- Catalan: “Capel-i-ffin”
- Catalan: “Capel-y-ffin”
- Chinese: “卡佩尔”
- Chinese: “卡佩爾”
- Dutch: “Capel-y-ffin”
- French: “Capel-y-ffin”
- German: “Capel-y-ffin”
- Irish: “Capel-y-ffin”
- Welsh: “Capel-y-ffin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin and Baptist Chapel.
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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 “Capel-y-ffin”. Photo: JamesWoolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.