Twmpa
Twmpa or Lord Hereford's Knob is a mountain in south-east Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It lies 1.86 miles west of the border with England, and around 4.34 miles south of Hay-on-Wye.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,264 feet
- Description: mountain (690m) in Powys
- Also known as: “Lord Hereford’s Knob” and “Lord Herefords Knob”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hay Bluff and Rhos Dirion.
Hay Bluff
Peak
Photo: colin price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hay Bluff is a prominent hill at the northern tip of the Black Mountains, an extensive upland massif which straddles the border between south-east Wales and England.
Rhos Dirion
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Rhos Dirion is a top of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest point on the Rhos Dirion - Chwarel y Fan ridge. The summit is marked by a trig point and crowns an area of peat bog, heather and long grasses.
Black Mountain
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Black Mountain is a hill in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, and it straddles Powys and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanelieu and Felindre.
Llanelieu
Hamlet
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanelieu is a small settlement and former civil parish in Powys, Wales on the northern edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Felindre
Village
Felindre is a village in southern Powys. The village is a part of the Gwernyfed community which also includes Three Cocks and Glasbury, and is in the UK parliamentary constituency of Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.
Capel-y-ffin
Hamlet
Photo: JamesWoolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Twmpa
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Llanigon, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.00855° or 52° 0′ 31″ northLongitude
-3.13077° or 3° 7′ 51″ westElevation
2,264 feet (690 metres)Open location code
9C4R2V59+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 313891492OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Twmpa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Twmpa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لورد هيريفوردس كنوب”
- Irish: “Twmpa”
- Ladin: “Lord Hereford’s Knob”
- Welsh: “Lord Hereford’s Knob”
- Welsh: “Twmpa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Darren Lwyd and Pen Rhos Dirion.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gospel Pass and Darren Lwyd.
Powys: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Brecon, Welshpool, Newtown, and Hay-on-Wye.
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