Rhayader
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.Places of Interest
Highlights: Rhayader Castle and Rhayader Library.
Rhayader Castle
Castle
Rhayader Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Rhayader, Powys, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanwrthwl and Nant Glas.
Llanwrthwl
Village
Llanwrthwl is a village and community in Powys… Llanwrthwl is situated 2½ miles south of Rhayader.
Nant Glas
Hamlet
Nant Glas is a village in the Elan Valley near Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Wales. Nant Glas is situated 2½ miles southeast of Rhayader.
St Harmon
Village
St Harmon is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. St Harmon is situated 3½ miles north of Rhayader.
Rhayader
- Type: Town with 1,820 residents
- Description: town in Powys, Wales, UK
- Categories: market town and locality
- Location: Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.2995° or 52° 17′ 58″ north
Longitude
-3.51° or 3° 30′ 36″ west
Population
1,820
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB RYA
Open location code
9C4R7FXR+R2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Rhayader” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rhayader”
- Breton: “Rhaeadr Gwy”
- Bulgarian: “Рейъдър”
- Catalan: “Rhaeadr Gwy”
- Cebuano: “Rhayader”
- Chinese: “賴厄德”
- Chinese: “赖厄德”
- Cornish: “Rhaeadr Gwy”
- Dutch: “Rhayader”
- Esperanto: “Rhayader”
- French: “Rhayader”
- German: “Rhayader”
- Irish: “Rhaeadr Gwy”
- Italian: “Rhayader”
- Japanese: “ラアアデル”
- Lithuanian: “Rajaderis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rhayader”
- Persian: “ریادر”
- Polish: “Rhayader”
- Russian: “Райадер”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rhaeadr Gwy”
- Spanish: “Rhayader”
- Swedish: “Rhayader”
- Welsh: “Rhaeadr Gwy”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Llansantffraed-Cwmdeuddwr and Gaufron.
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