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[[File:The Severn Arms Hotel at Penybont - geograph.org.uk - 623789.jpg|right|thumb|270px|The Severn Arms Hotel, Penybont]] | [[File:The Severn Arms Hotel at Penybont - geograph.org.uk - 623789.jpg|right|thumb|270px|The Severn Arms Hotel, Penybont]] | ||
'''Penybont''' (also sometimes spelled '''Pen-y-Bont''') is a small village and parish in [[Radnorshire]]. It is situated on the [[River Ithon]] and A44 trunk road. | '''Penybont''' (also sometimes spelled '''Pen-y-Bont''') is a small village and parish in [[Radnorshire]]. It is situated on the [[River Ithon]] and A44 trunk road. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:01, 18 March 2017
Penybont (also sometimes spelled Pen-y-Bont) is a small village and parish in Radnorshire. It is situated on the River Ithon and A44 trunk road.
Amenities
The village is served by Pen-y-Bont railway station on the Heart of Wales Line from Llanelli to Craven Arms.
It is also famous for its popular garden centre, Midway Plants - Midway Nurseries, and an eighteenth-century coaching inn called the Severn Arms. The village also has a restored shop/museum/gallery called Thomas's Shop where there is a wool and weaving exhibition and workshop. The village hall hosts many activities and Penybont Football Club plays its matches on the race course ground. Horse racing takes place here in the month of August. Until very recently Penybont market was a major centre for sheep and cattle sales.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Penybont) |
- Location map: 52°16’0"N, 3°18’-0"W
- Pictures of Penybont and the area on Geograph.co.uk
- Midway Plants - Midway Nurseries
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