Penpentre

Penpentre is a hill in Llangyniew, Powys, Wales and has an elevation of 679 feet. Penpentre is situated nearby to the hamlet Llangynyw, as well as near Glascoed.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pentre Camp and Heniarth railway station.

Pentre Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: Martin Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pentre Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, near the hamlet of Llangynyw and about 2.5 miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion, in Powys, Wales. It is a scheduled monument.

Heniarth Halt railway station is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway serving the hamlet of Heniarth. This station is a request halt and lies 6+3⁄4 miles from Welshpool's Raven Square terminus.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles south of Penpentre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llangynyw and Pontrobert.

Llangynyw

Hamlet

Photo: John Ingleby (painter), Public domain.

Llangynyw is a hamlet and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, mid Wales. It is located on a hill inside a bend in the River Banwy, approximately two miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion.

Pontrobert

Village

Photo: John Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontrobert is an ecclesiastical parish that was formed in September 1854. It comprises the townships of Teirtref and part of Nantymeichiaid in the parish Meifod, a portion of Cynhinfa which was in the parish of Llangynyw and portions of the townships of Fachwel, Llaethbwlch and Cadwnfa which were in the parish of Llanfihangel. Pontrobert is situated 2 miles north of Penpentre.

Llanfair Caereinion

Llanfair Caereinion is a small town in Powys, east central Wales upon the River Banwy, around 8 miles west of Welshpool. It had a population of 1,800. The town is built upon the site of an old Roman fort.

Penpentre

Type: Hill with an elevation of 679 feet
Category: landform
Location: Llangyniew, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

52.67661° or 52° 40′ 36″ north

Longitude

-3.30694° or 3° 18′ 25″ west

Elevation

679 feet (207 metres)

Open location code

9C4RMMGV+J6

GeoNames ID

12611961

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Penpentre from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Glascoed and Henllan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pen Ffordd Banwy and Ffridd Mathrafal.

Powys: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Brecon, Welshpool, Newtown, and Hay-on-Wye.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.