Erwood
Sign in to saveErwood () is a village and community lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429. It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the older cantref of Cantref Selyf. The community includes the settlements of Crickadarn, Gwenddwr and Llaneglwys.
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Key facts
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
- UK place.official_name
- Erwood
- UK place.type
- Community
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Erwyd
- UK place.static_image_name
- Erwood post office geograph.org.uk 158645 4b342de6-by-Eirian-Evans.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Erwood post office
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Official name
- Erwyd
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Q156150
- Population
- +401
- Area
- +5070.2
- Image
- Erwood post office geograph.org.uk 158645 4b342de6-by-Eirian-Evans.jpg
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- P7959
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Erwood () is a village and community lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429. It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the older cantref of Cantref Selyf. The community includes the settlements of Crickadarn, Gwenddwr and Llaneglwys.
Nant Clettwr, flowing from west to east before turning north through the village to join the River Wye, divides Erwood between the two parishes of Gwenddwr, to the northwest, and Crickadarn, to the southeast. The church of Saint Dubricius in Gwenddwr was extensively rebuilt in the Victorian period after a fire. In former times drovers would ford the Wye at Erwood on their journey towards the English Midlands and eventually London, where they would sell their livestock.