Newtown Powys was the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771, whose house stood on the present site of the HSBC Bank.
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11 Facts About Newtown Powys
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Newtown Powys seized Llywelyn's lands and granted them to the Mortimers.
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However, by the end of the 19th century the Newtown Powys mills were no longer competitive with those in the north of England.
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Thereafter Newtown Powys was no longer an important centre of the woollen industry and many workers moved elsewhere.
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Newtown Powys's station is on the Shrewsbury–Aberystwyth line served by Transport for Wales.
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Newtown Powys has one National Express bus per day in each direction, to Aberystwyth and to London.
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Newtown Powys has one TrawsCymru route to Cardiff and a TrawsCymru Connect to Machynlleth and to Wrexham.
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The bypass to the south of Newtown Powys opened on 14 February 2019, having been planned since 1949.
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Newtown Powys RFC is the town's rugby union club, established in 1925.
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Newtown Powys has facilities for lawn bowls, cricket, and for tennis.
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Newtown Powys schools are Ysgol Cedewain, Ladywell Green, Hafren Junior, Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd, St Mary's, Penygloddfa, Maesyrhandir, Treowen, and Newtown Powys High School and Sixth Form .
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