Gladestry
Sign in to saveGladestry () is a small village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, mid-Wales, close to the border with England at the end of the Hergest Ridge and south of the large moorland area of Radnor Forest. People living in Gladestry rely on the nearby town of Kington, Herefordshire, for shops, employment, and public services.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gladestry
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Gladestry
- UK place.type
- Village and community
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Llanfair Llythynwg
- UK place.static_image_name
- Radnor Forest from the south.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Radnor Forest from the south
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Gladestry
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Q156150
- Population
- +419
- Area
- +5365.54
- Image
- Cil-bigyn - geograph.org.uk - 388636.jpg
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Gladestry () is a small village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, mid-Wales, close to the border with England at the end of the Hergest Ridge and south of the large moorland area of Radnor Forest. People living in Gladestry rely on the nearby town of Kington, Herefordshire, for shops, employment, and public services.
Local employment is provided mainly by agriculture community, and a local quarry. The village includes a parish church, St Mary's, a Grade I listed building, a pub, a primary school which educates around 50–60 children and a village hall. In the 2001 census the population of the community was 419, reducing slightly to 412 at the 2011 census. In the 2021 census, Gladestry had a population of 440, with 98.2% being white, 7.9% able to speak Welsh, and 2.7% born outside of the United Kingdom.