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Newbridge-on-Wye
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Newbridge-on-Wye ( ) 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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Place details
- Locality
- Newbridge on Wye
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 566
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Newbridge on Wye
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Powys
- Image
- All Saints Church, Newbridge on Wye - geograph.org.uk - 158756.jpg
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- Commons category
- Newbridge-on-Wye
- historic county
- Radnorshire
- P8168
- Julia Stiles
- OS grid reference
- SO017582
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Newbridge-on-Wye Football Club
- Newbridge-on-Wye Church In Wales Primary School
- References
Newbridge-on-Wye ( ) 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.
== Location == Newbridge-on-Wye is located roughly in the middle of Wales, and lies 7.1 miles south of Rhayader. The main road running through the village is the A470, running from Rhayader to the north and Builth Wells to the south. The B4358 also passes through the village; it runs from Beulah in the west through to Llandrindod Wells in the east. This road system is useful for commuters travelling from west and north-west Wales to areas in the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newbridge-on-Wye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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