Gaufron
Gaufron is a hamlet in Nantmel, Powys, Wales. Gaufron is situated nearby to the hamlet Nant Glas, as well as near the village Llansantffraed-Cwmdeuddwr.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhayader Museum and Gallery and Rhayader Castle.
Rhayader Museum and Gallery
Museum
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhayader Museum and Gallery is situated 1½ miles west of Gaufron.
Rhayader Castle
Castle
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhayader Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Rhayader, Powys, Wales. The available documentary sources are not clear enough to distinguish between this site and the castle mound across the river and one or the other was probably built by Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth, in 1177. Rhayader Castle is situated 2 miles west of Gaufron.
Rhayader Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhayader Library is situated 2 miles west of Gaufron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhayader and Nant Glas.
Rhayader
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Rhayader is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of Radnorshire. The town is 20 miles from the source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains, and is located at the junction of the A470 road and the A44 road 13 miles north of Builth Wells and 30 miles east of Aberystwyth.
Nant Glas
Hamlet
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nant Glas is a village in the Elan Valley near Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Wales. It is on a side road between the A44 to the northeast and the A470 to the southwest. Nant Glas is situated 2 miles south of Gaufron.
Nantmel
Village
Photo: Mark Evison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nantmel is a village and a community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, and is 76.5 miles from Cardiff and 150.5 miles from London. In 2011 the population of Nantmel was 621 with 11.8% of them able to speak Welsh. Nantmel is situated 2½ miles southeast of Gaufron.
Gaufron
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Nantmel, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.30117° or 52° 18′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.46841° or 3° 28′ 6″ westElevation
787 feet (240 metres)Open location code
9C4R8G2J+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 9257666006OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13278320
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In Other Languages
“Gaufron” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Geufron”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Llansantffraed-Cwmdeuddwr and Camlo Hill.
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