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Llanidloes () is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire (), Wales. The population in 2011 was 2,929, of whom 15% could speak Welsh. It is the third largest settlement in Montgomeryshire, after Newtown and Welshpool.

Key facts

UK place.country
Wales
UK place.official_name
Llanidloes
UK place.static_image_name
Llanidloes Great Oak Street.jpg
UK place.population
2,929
UK place.community_wales
Llanidloes
UK place.unitary_wales
Powys
UK place.lieutenancy_wales
Powys
UK place.constituency_westminster
Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
Montgomeryshire
UK place.post_town
LLANIDLOES
UK place.postcode_district
SY18
UK place.postcode_area
SY
UK place.dial_code
01686
UK place.os_grid_reference
SN954845
UK place.london_distance
ESE

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
community
Official name
Llanidloes
Located in
Q156150
Population
2929
Body of water
River Severn
Official website
www.llanidloes.com
Image
Llanidloes Great Oak Street.jpg
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Commons category
Llanidloes
OS grid reference
SN954845
postal code
SY18
twinned administrative body
Derval
historic county
Montgomeryshire
topic's main category
Category:Llanidloes
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Surroundings
  • History
  • The Chartist uprising
  • Churches and chapels
  • Structures in Llanidloes
  • Buildings
  • Bridges
  • The railway station and the Newtown and Llanidloes Railway
  • Llanidloes War Memorial Hospital
  • Culture
  • Sport
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • Town twinning
  • Literature
  • References
  • External links

Llanidloes () is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire (), Wales. The population in 2011 was 2,929, of whom 15% could speak Welsh. It is the third largest settlement in Montgomeryshire, after Newtown and Welshpool.

It is the first town on the River Severn (), counting from the source. The town's Member of Parliament is Steve Witherden of the Labour Party (MP since 2024) and its Member of the Senedd is Russell George of the Conservatives (MS since 2011).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llanidloes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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