Mountains & hills · Mid Wales
Forden
In or near Montgomery Town F.C..
Forden in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Penny Mayes — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool · 6.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Forden in Mid Wales, the nearest railway station is Welshpool, located 6.2 km away. Entry is free, and the postcode for navigation is SY21 8NE.
About
Forden is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Forden (Welsh: Ffordun) is a village near Welshpool in Powys, Wales, formerly in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. It forms part of the community (and community council) of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with the neighbouring settlements of Trelystan, Leighton and Kingswood. Looking down on the parish is the Long Mountain, which stretches north eastwards from Forden through the border between Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Traces of a Roman road and of a Roman camp called locally "the Gaer" are near the River Severn, in a township of the parish called Thornbury. In 1868, the National Gazetteer said of the parish The parish church of St Michael and All Angels, about half a mile to the west of the road from Welshpool to Montgomery, was enlarged in 1830. For some three hundred years the church was the burial-place of the family of Devereux, whose estate at Nantcribba was within the parish. The marble font, oval in shape, was presented in 1794 by Richard Edmunds. Between 1861 and 1965 the village was served by Forden railway station on the Cambrian Coast Line. Captain Stephen Beattie VC (1908–1975), a Welsh…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6020, -3.1430
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- Postcode
- SY21 8NE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool — 6.2 km
Sources
Other places nearby
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Historic churches · 0.1 km
Forden railway station
Heritage railway stations · 0.9 km
Nantcribba Castle
Literary houses · 1.1 km
Nantcribba
Castles · 1.1 km
Lower Min y Llyn Motte
Literary houses · 1.6 km
Forden
Villages · 2.0 km
Caer Ffordun
Archaeological sites · 2.6 km
Forden Gaer
Archaeological sites · 2.9 km
Luggy Motte
Literary houses · 3.0 km
Upper Luggy Motte
Castles · 3.0 km
Bridge 125 Over The Montgomeryshire Canal, Brithdir Lane, Brithdir
Historic bridges · 3.0 km
Cil-cewydd Bridge
Historic bridges · 3.0 km
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Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church of St Michael and All Angels — church in Forden, Powys, Wales.
📷 4Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales
Forden railway station
Forden railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
📷 5Literary houses · Mid Wales
Nantcribba Castle
Nantcribba Castle — a literary house museum in wales mid.
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Lower Min y Llyn Motte
Lower Min y Llyn Motte — a literary house museum in wales mid.
📷 5Where to eat & stay near Forden
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📷 5Places to eat & drink
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Forden?
- Forden is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY21 8NE), in the parish of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan.
- What is Forden?
- Forden in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Forden?
- The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 6.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode SY21 8NE.
- Is Forden a protected site?
- Yes — Forden is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Forden free to visit?
- Yes, Forden is free to enter.
- How do I get to Forden?
- The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 6.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SY21 8NE.