Sennybridge
| Sennybridge | |
| Brecknockshire | |
|---|---|
 View southwest down High Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SN9228 |
| Location: | 51°55’60"N, 3°34’0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Brecon |
| Postcode: | LD3 |
| Dialling code: | 01874 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Powys |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Brecon & Radnorshire |
Sennybridge is a village in Brecknockshire, situated nine miles west of Brecon on the A40 trunk road to Llandovery, at the point where the River Senni flows into the Usk.
Economy
One of the factors which influenced the growth of Sennybridge was the establishment of the Neath and Brecon Railway which opened a station in the adjoining village of Defynnog in 1867.[1] The promoter and contractor of the railway, John Dickson, also made a start on constructing a railway north from Sennybridge that would have linked the Neath and Brecon Railway to the Central Wales Line at Llangammarch Wells but work was suspended on his bankruptcy in 1867 and never resumed. The partially completed earthworks can still be seen in the countryside north of Sennybridge.
Landmarks
An extensive area of land to the north of Sennybridge is used by the Ministry of Defence for military training purposes. Sennybridge Camp and Army Field Training Centre, known as SENTA, is one of the major bases for Infantry Warfare Training by the British Army in the UK.
Notable people
- Tom Rees, born in 1895, at Cefnbrynich, near the town, was the first official victim of the "Red Baron"—German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen.
- Sennybridge is the home village of X Factor 4 runner up Rhydian Roberts.[2]
References
- ↑ Briwnant Jones G, Dunstone D, Watkins T (2005). The Neath and Brecon Railway: A History. Gomer. ISBN 1-84323-452-1.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/showbiz/rhydianroberts.shtml
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