Strata Marcella
The Abbey of Strata Marcella was a medieval Cistercian monastery situated at Ystrad Marchell on the west bank of the River Severn near Welshpool, Powys, Wales.Photo: J Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: abbey ruins
- Also known as: “Strata Marcella Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Welshpool railway station and Green Dragon Inn.
Welshpool railway station
Railway station
Photo: Angella Streluk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welshpool railway station serves the town of Welshpool, in Powys, mid-Wales. It is a stop on the Cambrian Line between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth. The station was first opened in August 1860, but was resited a short distance away in May 1992 to allow for track realignment on the same day that the original closed. Welshpool railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Strata Marcella.
Green Dragon Inn
Pub
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Green Dragon Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile south of Strata Marcella.
Town Wharf Warehouse
Public building
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Town Wharf Warehouse is a public building, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Strata Marcella.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pool Quay and Buttington.
Buttington
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buttington is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.
Trewern
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trewern is a small village, community and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The community includes the villages of Buttington and Middletown, situated 4.5 miles northeast of Welshpool, 14.5 miles west of Shrewsbury and 1 mile west of the Wales-England border. Trewern is situated 2 miles east of Strata Marcella.
Strata Marcella
- Categories: abbey, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Welshpool, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.68621° or 52° 41′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.10898° or 3° 6′ 32″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9C4RMVPR+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9240711610OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Strata Marcella” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Strata Marcella”
- French: “abbaye de Strata Marcella”
- French: “Abbaye de Strata Marcella”
- German: “Strata Marcella Abbey”
- Irish: “Abaty Ystrad Marchell”
- Welsh: “Abaty Ystrad Marchell”
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