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Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye is a small town with a population of about 1,900 in , on the River Wye, very close to the border and within the borders of .
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  • Type: Town with 1,600 residents
  • Description: market town in the traditional county and district of Brecknockshire in Wales
  • Also known as: “Hay on Wye” and “Y Gelli Gandryll”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hay Castle and St Mary’s Church.

Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in , . Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late 11th or the early 12th centuries.

Church
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St Mary's is an Anglican in Hay-on-Wye, , Wales. Separated by a deep dingle, which probably was formerly a moat, it is situated westward of the town centre, on an steep eminence near to the .

Church
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC0.
St. Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic in Belmont Road in Hay-on-Wye, , . St. Joseph's is served out of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clyro and Cusop.

Village
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is a village and community in , , Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the south-east.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England that lies at the foot of Hill next to the town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales. It is a short walk from Hay, the distance between bus stops, and can be reached by walking or driving out of Hay towards , and turning right into Dingle.

Village
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is a village and community in , Wales on the edge of the , north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478.

Hay-on-Wye

Latitude
52.0745° or 52° 4′ 28″ north
Longitude
-3.1243° or 3° 7′ 28″ west
Population
1,600
Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)
Open location code
9C4R3VFG+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29271063
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11593295
Wiki­data ID
Q174734
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Hay-on-Wye” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هاي أون واي”
  • Asturian: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Asturian: “Y Gelli Gandryll”
  • Basque: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Breton: “Y Gelli Gandryll”
  • Bulgarian: “Хей он Уай”
  • Catalan: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Cebuano: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Chinese: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Chinese: “海伊”
  • Chinese: “海怡”
  • Chinese: “瓦伊河畔海伊”
  • Czech: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Danish: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Dutch: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • French: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Galician: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Galician: “Y Gelli Gandryll”
  • German: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Hebrew: “היי-און-וואי”
  • Irish: “Y Gelli Gandryll”
  • Italian: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Japanese: “ヘイ・オン・ワイ”
  • Korean: “헤이온와이”
  • Latin: “Castellum de haia taillata”
  • Latin: “Coryletum”
  • Maltese: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Moksha: “Гэй-он-Вай”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Norwegian: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Persian: “هی-اون-وای”
  • Polish: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Romanian: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Russian: “Хей-он-Уай”
  • Russian: “Хэй-он-Уай”
  • Slovak: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Spanish: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Swedish: “Hay-on-Wye”
  • Turkish: “Hay-on-Wye Krallığı”
  • Welsh: “Y Gelli Gandryll”
  • Welsh: “Y Gelli”

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