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16 Facts About Knighton Powys

1.

Originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement, Knighton is located on Offa's Dyke, the ancient earthwork that divided the two countries.

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Knighton Powys first prospered as a centre of the wool trade in the 15th century and was later an important point on the two drover routes from Montgomery to Hereford, and from London to Aberystwyth.

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3.

Since May 2021, Knighton Powys has joined with Beguildy to return 2 County Councillors, and it has been represented by the Independent Ange Williams and Liberal Democrat Corinna Kenyon-Wade.

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4.

Knighton Powys falls within the Westminster constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire, currently held by Fay Jones of the Welsh Conservative Party.

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5.

Knighton Powys belongs to the Senedd constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire, represented by James Evans a Conservative.

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6.

Knighton Powys has a fire station served by a part-time crew and part of the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

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7.

Knighton Powys has been twinned with the small Breton town of Varades since August 2009.

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8.

Just outside Knighton Powys and visible for many miles is an observatory with a telescope, Europe's largest camera obscura, and a planetarium.

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9.

Knighton Powys includes two National Trails: Glyndwr's Way and Offa's Dyke Path.

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10.

Knighton Powys stayed nearby in Purslow with friends in the 1970s.

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11.

Knighton Powys has a primary school, but for state secondary education pupils travel by bus 8 miles to John Beddoes School in Presteigne.

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12.

Until 1974 Knighton Powys had a secondary modern school, on the site of the current primary school.

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13.

Knighton Powys is 137 miles from the UK capital city, London, 86 miles from the Welsh capital of Cardiff, and 19 miles from the county town, Llandrindod Wells.

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14.

Knighton Powys is at, in a sparsely populated tract of mid-Wales and the English border marked by a hilly plateau cut by narrow river valleys with a broadly east–west axis.

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15.

Knighton Powys is in the rain shadow of the Cambrian Mountains, making it slightly warmer and notably drier than the average for Wales.

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16.

Knighton Powys is about 30 miles midway between Shrewsbury and Hereford, at the junction of the A4113 and the A488 road.

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