Mountains & hills · Mid Wales
Forden
Forden in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Forden is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Forden (Welsh: Ffordun) is a village near Welshpool in Powys, Wales, formerly in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. It forms part of the community (and community council) of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with the neighbouring settlements of Trelystan, Leighton and Kingswood. Looking down on the parish is the Long Mountain, which stretches north eastwards from Forden through the border between Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, England.
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Background
History
Traces of a Roman road and of a Roman camp called locally "the Gaer" are near the River Severn, in a township of the parish called Thornbury. In 1868, the National Gazetteer said of the parish The parish church of St Michael and All Angels, about half a mile to the west of the road from Welshpool to Montgomery, was enlarged in 1830. For some three hundred years the church was the burial-place of the family of Devereux, whose estate at Nantcribba was within the parish. The marble font, oval in shape, was presented in 1794 by Richard Edmunds. Between 1861 and 1965 the village was served by Forden railway station on the Cambrian Coast Line. Captain Stephen Beattie VC (1908–1975), a Welsh…
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- Coordinates
- 52.6020, -3.1430
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- Postcode
- SY21 8NE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
Sources
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Church of St Michael and All Angels
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Forden railway station
Forden railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Nantcribba
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Forden?
- Forden is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY21 8NE), in the parish of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan.
- Is Forden free to visit?
- Yes, Forden is free to enter.
- How do I get to Forden?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY21 8NE. It sits within the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr parliamentary constituency.