Presteigne
Presteigne is an ancient market town in the county of Powys in North Wales. Presteigne is considered by Country Life magazine editor Clive Aslet to be one of Britain's top 10 small towns.- Type: Town with 2,060 residents
- Description: town and community in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Presteigh” and “Presteign”
- Postal code: LD8
Places of Interest
Highlights: Shire Hall and St Andrew’s Church.
Shire Hall
Museum
The Shire Hall is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Presteigne, Powys, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Combe and Titley.
Titley
Village
Titley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Titley is situated 3 miles southeast of Presteigne.
Knill
Hamlet
Knill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Knill is situated 2½ miles southwest of Presteigne.
Presteigne
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.2724° or 52° 16′ 21″ north
Longitude
-3.006° or 3° 0′ 22″ west
Population
2,060
Elevation
525 feet (160 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PSG
Open location code
9C4R7XCV+XJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Presteigne” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Llanandras”
- Basque: “Presteigne”
- Breton: “Llanandras”
- Bulgarian: “Престийн”
- Catalan: “Llanandras”
- Cebuano: “Presteigne”
- Chinese: “普利斯提恩”
- Cornish: “Llanandras”
- Dutch: “Presteigne”
- French: “Presteigne”
- German: “Llanandras”
- Irish: “Llanandras”
- Italian: “Presteigne”
- Latin: “Fanum Andreae”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Preosttun”
- Persian: “پرستین”
- Polish: “Presteigne”
- Russian: “Престин”
- Scots: “Llanandras”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llanandras”
- Spanish: “Presteigne”
- Swedish: “Presteigne”
- Welsh: “Llanandras”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Slough and Stapleton.
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Worth a closer look: Brecon and Welshpool.
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