Welshpool
Welshpool is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is four miles from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,950 residents
- Description: town in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Y Trallwng” and “韦尔什普尔”
- Postal code: SY21
Places of Interest
Highlights include Powis Castle and Welshpool railway station.
Powis Castle
Castle
Photo: Alfora, CC BY-SA 2.0 at.
Powis Castle is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales. The seat of the Herbert family, earls of Powis, the castle is known for its formal gardens and for its interiors, the former having been described as "the most important", and the latter "the most magnificent", in the country.
Welshpool railway station
Railway station
Photo: Angella Streluk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welshpool railway station serves the town of Welshpool, in Powys, mid-Wales. It is a stop on the Cambrian Line between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth. The station was first opened in August 1860, but was resited a short distance away in May 1992 to allow for track realignment on the same day that the original closed.
Town Wharf Warehouse
Public building
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Town Wharf Warehouse is a public building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guilsfield and Buttington.
Guilsfield
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guilsfield is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. It lies beside Guilsfield Brook about three miles north of Welshpool. It is located on the B4392 road and a disused branch of the Montgomery Canal starts nearby. Guilsfield is situated 2½ miles north of Welshpool.
Buttington
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buttington is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.
Belan
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belan is a hamlet, 3.5 miles southwest of Welshpool, in Powys, Wales. It belongs to the community of Welshpool. The Belan Locks, built around 1800 as part of the Montgomery Canal, are nearby.
Welshpool
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6601° or 52° 39′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.1474° or 3° 8′ 51″ westPopulation
5,950Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WPSOpen location code
9C4RMV63+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 29739290OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Welshpool” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Y Trallwng”
- Basque: “Welshpool”
- Bengali: “ওয়েলশপুল”
- Breton: “Trallwng”
- Breton: “Y Trallwng”
- Bulgarian: “Уелшпул”
- Catalan: “Y Trallwng”
- Cebuano: “Welshpool”
- Chinese: “Welshpool”
- Chinese: “威尔士浦”
- Chinese: “韋爾什普爾”
- Cornish: “Y Trallwng”
- Czech: “Welshpool”
- Danish: “Welshpool”
- Dutch: “Welshpool”
- Esperanto: “Welshpool”
- Esperanto: “Y Trallwng”
- French: “Welshpool”
- French: “Y Trallwng”
- Galician: “Welshpool”
- German: “Welshpool”
- German: “Y Trallwng”
- Gujarati: “વેલ્શપુલ”
- Irish: “Y Trallwng”
- Italian: “Welshpool”
- Italian: “Y Trallwng”
- Japanese: “ウェルシュプール”
- Kannada: “ವೆಲ್ಷ್ಪುಲ್”
- Korean: “웰시풀”
- Latin: “Trelinum”
- Lithuanian: “Velšpulas”
- Livvi: “Y Trallwng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Welshpool”
- Northern Sami: “Y Trallwng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Welshpool”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Welshpool”
- Persian: “ولشپول”
- Polish: “Welshpool”
- Portuguese: “Welshpool”
- Russian: “Уэлшпул”
- Scots: “Welshpool”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Y Trallwng”
- Silesian: “Welshpool”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولشپول”
- Spanish: “Welshpool”
- Swedish: “Welshpool”
- Tamil: “வெல்சிஹ்பூல்”
- Telugu: “వెల్స్పూల్”
- Ukrainian: “Уэлшпул”
- Urdu: “ویلشپول”
- Võro: “Y Trallwng”
- Welsh: “Trallwm”
- Welsh: “Trallwng”
- Welsh: “Y Trallwm”
- Welsh: “Y Trallwng”
- “Y Trallwng”
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