Cemmaes Road (; ) is a village in

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

, Wales. It is in the

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(civil parish) of

Glantwymyn Glantwymyn () is a community in the northwest (Montgomeryshire) of Powys, Wales. Description It comprises the villages of Cemmaes, Commins Coch and Cemmaes Road (Welsh name ''Glantwymyn''), as well as the smaller settlements of Abercegir, Da ...

. The village was named in

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after the now-closed station on the

Newtown and Machynlleth Railway The Newtown and Machynlleth Railway was a railway company in Wales. It built a line from a junction with the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway near Caersws to the market town of Machynlleth; the line opened in 1862. Newtown had become the hub of ...

, now part of the

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. Cemmes Road was also the junction with the

Mawddwy Railway The Mawddwy Railway was a rural line in the Dyfi Valley in mid-Wales that connected Dinas Mawddwy with a junction at railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway section of the Cambrian Railways. Despite being only 6 miles 63 cha ...

. The

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name for the village, and for the community, is ''Glantwymyn'' (), as it lies on the

River Twymyn The Afon Twymyn () is a river in Powys, Mid Wales. From its source close to Dylife and head of the Pennant Valley, the river flows through Llanbrynmair before joining the River Dyfi upstream of Cemmaes Road Cemmaes Road (; ) is a village ...

. According to the

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, the population of the community is 1,072, increasing to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The village of

Cemmaes Cemmaes () is a village in northern Powys, Wales, in Glantwymyn community. The population numbered 935 in 1841, this dropped sharply between 1881 and 1891 from 946 to 729. There was a railway station in the village on the Mawddwy Railway wh ...

is miles to the northeast. Cemmaes Road lies at the junction of the major

A470 The A470 (also named the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road) is a trunk road in Wales. It is the country's longest road at and links the capital Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast. While previously one had to navigate th ...

and

A489 road The A489, officially known as the Newtown to Machynlleth Trunk Road in Wales, is a trunk road in the United Kingdom running from Craven Arms, Shropshire to Machynlleth, Powys and crossing the Wales-England border. The road starts about one mi ...

s. The historic

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Hall is less than mile north-west of Cemmaes Road. Ysgol Glantwymyn primary school is located in the village.

Governance

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in the Welsh name exists, which also covers the neighbouring community of

Cadfarch Cadfarch is a Community (Wales), community a few miles to the south and southeast of Machynlleth in Powys (previously Montgomeryshire) in Wales. The community's western and southern border is with the neighbouring county of Ceredigion, while the ...

. The ward had a population of 2,040 at the 2011 Census.

Welsh language

According to the 2001 census, 58.5% of the people in the community can speak the

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...

. The age group with the highest number of Welsh speakers is the 15-year-olds, where every 15-year-old could speak the language.

References

External links

Former Cemmaes Road railway stationPhotos of Cemmaes Road / Glantwymyn & surrounding area
Villages in Powys Glantwymyn {{Powys-geo-stub