Where is Newbridge-on-Wye?

Newbridge-on-Wye is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2140°, -3.4420°.

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Newbridge-on-Wye

Newbridge-on-Wye in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Newbridge-on-Wye 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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Newbridge-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Bontnewydd-ar-Wy ) is a small village in Powys, Wales. It lies, as its name suggests, on the River Wye, just downstream from the market town of Rhayader, and in the community of Llanyre.

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History

Newbridge-on-Wye was historically a stop off point for drovers, who moved livestock from place to place. Newbridge-on-Wye proved to be an ideal location for drovers to stop and rest because it afforded a safe crossing-point on the river Wye. This led to a settlement forming, including a large number of pubs. This fact is celebrated by the statue of a drover on the village green. Newbridge-on-Wye also sited a railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway, until its closure on 31 December 1962. The site of the station is now occupied by a housing estate, although the old railway bridge still remains.

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