Welshpool
Sign in to saveWelshpool ( ) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The community, which also includes Cloddiau and Pool Quay, has a population of 6,664 (as of the 2011 United Kingdom census), with the town having 5,948. There are many examples of Georgian architecture within the town. Powis Castle is located to the north.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Welshpool
- UK place.welsh_name
- Y Trallwng
- UK place.static_image_name
- Broad Street, Welshpool.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Broad Street looking towards Welshpool Town Hall
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Powys
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Montgomeryshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
- UK place.post_town
- WELSHPOOL
- UK place.postcode_area
- SY
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY21
- UK place.dial_code
- 01938
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ225075
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 24.23
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 39
- UK place.population
- 6764
- UK place.population_ref
- (Estimate)
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Welshpool ( ) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The community, which also includes Cloddiau and Pool Quay, has a population of 6,664 (as of the 2011 United Kingdom census), with the town having 5,948. There are many examples of Georgian architecture within the town. Powis Castle is located to the north.
==Toponym== Y Trallwng is the Welsh language name of the town. It means "the marshy or sinking land". In English it was initially known as Pool but its name was changed to Welshpool in 1835 to distinguish it from the English town of Poole in Dorset.