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Ponterwyd
Ponterwyd in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Rhiwfron · 3.7 km
About
Ponterwyd 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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Ponterwyd (Welsh pronunciation: [pɔntˈerʊi̯d]) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Aberystwyth on the A44 road.
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Background
History
At the village's heart lies (English: The Old Bridge), a steep single-arch late 18th-century stone bridge over the Afon Rheidol river, which is adjacent to a late Georgian chapel. Buildings in Ponterwyd range in date from the Georgian period to the 1980s, when a development of bungalows named 'Penlon' was added to the village. The village pub, "The George Borrow Hotel", is named after the writer George Borrow, who travelled through Wales on foot in the 1860s. The scholar John Rhŷs was born in Ponterwyd in 1840, and the composer Albert Alan Owen lived there for over thirty years.
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- Coordinates
- 52.4117, -3.8400
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Blaenrheidol
- Postcode
- SY23 3JU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
- Nearest railway station
- Rhiwfron — 3.7 km
Sources
Other places nearby
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Caravan parks · 1.4 km
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Historic houses · 1.6 km
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Cafés · 1.7 km
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Museums · 1.7 km
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Burial mounds & barrows · 1.8 km
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ponterwyd?
- Ponterwyd is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY23 3JU), in the parish of Blaenrheidol.
- What is Ponterwyd?
- Ponterwyd in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ponterwyd?
- The nearest railway station is Rhiwfron, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode SY23 3JU.
- How do I get to Ponterwyd?
- The nearest railway station is Rhiwfron, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SY23 3JU.