Fron Wood
Fron Wood is a forest in Glasbury, Powys, Wales. Fron Wood is situated near the village Llowes, as well as near the neighborhood Moity.Places of Interest
Highlights: Llanthomas Castle Mound and Hay Castle.
Llanthomas Castle Mound
Castle
Llanthomas Castle Mound in Llanigon, Powys, was built by the Normans after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, probably after the first or second Norman invasion of Wales, but before 1215.
Hay Castle
Castle
Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. 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.
Maesyronnen Chapel
Church
Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building. The chapel is one of the earliest Nonconformist chapels to be built in Wales, and is the only chapel existing from that time to be largely unchanged and still in use as a chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hay-on-Wye and Glasbury.
Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye is a small town with a population of about 1,900 in Mid Wales, on the River Wye, very close to the English border and within the borders of Brecon Beacons National Park.Glasbury
Village
Glasbury, also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The village lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, and is located just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains.
Clyro
Village
Clyro is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, 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.
Fron Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Glasbury, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.0705° or 52° 4′ 14″ north
Longitude
-3.1781° or 3° 10′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C4R3RCC+6Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Places to explore: Llowes and Moity.
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