Penybont (also sometimes spelled Pen-y-Bont) is a small village and

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Radnorshire Radnorshire () was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974, later becoming a Districts of Wales, district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It covered a sparsely populat ...

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. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 428. The community includes the settlement of Llandegley.

Amenities

The village is served by

Pen-y-Bont railway station Pen-y-Bont railway station serves the village of Penybont, in mid Wales. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line, south west of . The station is located closer to the villages of Crossgates and Fron than it is to Penybont itself. It is ...

on the Heart of Wales line. It has an eighteenth-century

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called the Severn Arms. The village also has a restored shop/museum/gallery called Thomas's Shop where there is a wool and weaving exhibition and workshop. The

village hall A village hall is a public building in a rural or suburban community which functions as a community centre without a religious affiliation. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a village hall is a building which is owned by a local gover ...

hosts many activities and Penybont Football Club plays its matches on the race course ground. Horse

harness racing Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia ...

takes place here each August. Penybont market was formerly a major centre for sheep and cattle sales.

References

External links

Photos of Penybont and surrounding area on geograph.org.ukMidway Plants - Midway Nurseries Website
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