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Powys Guide

A sparsely populated county with few means of livelihood other than hill farming, forestry and tourism, Powys is ideal for those who enjoy walking through wild, isolated tracts of countryside. Perhaps less dramatic than other parts of Wales, the county nurtures a quiet contemplative beauty of its own, particularly in the wooded valleys of the Rivers Lugg and Teme and in the mist-draped valley of the Wye. Powys lies south of the Berwyn Mountains, where the ragged peaks fall away to near deserted moorland and on through a succession of rolling uplands and river valleys, culminating in a series of rounded hills that frown down upon the English borderlands. A distinctive feature of the region is the huge bulk of mysterious rock 'dome' called Radnor Forest.

Here are some facts about Powys:


• Powys is the largest of the Welsh counties, covering more than 5,000 square km. But while Powys makes up about a quarter of the landmass of Wales there is only an average of one person for every 10 acres.

• Powys is the most Welsh-speaking of all the Welsh counties. According to government statistics just under a third of inhabitants can speak Welsh.

• The county of Powys takes its name from the 'Kingdom of Powys', an ancient Welsh state that emerged in the chaotic years following the Roman withdrawl from Britain. The name 'Powys' is thought to derive from the Latin 'pagus', one meaning of which is 'Pagan'.

• According to rock folklore, Led Zeppelin spent much of 1970 at Bron-yr-Aur, a cottage near the Powys town of Machynlleth. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page retreated to the cottage to recuperate after a big tour of the USA. Led Zeppelin songs that can be traced back to the cottage include 'Over the Hills and Far Away' and 'The Rover'.

• The county's motto is 'Powys, The Paradise of Wales'. This motto and theme appear repeatedly in Welsh literature from the Middle Ages straight through to present day.

• Powys is home to the Brecon Beacons, a wild and brooding mountain range in south-east Wales. The Brecon Beacons are so called because of the ancient practice of lighting beacon fires on the mountains to warn of attacks by the English.

• The tallest mountain on the planet has a Powys connection. The 29,029 feet behemoth may be called Sagarmatha in Nepalese and Chomolungma in Tibetan. But to us it's best known as 'Mount Everest', after geographer and surveyor Colonel Sir George Everest, who came from Gwernvale Manor near Crughywel in Powys.

• Powys is home to between 400 and 500 breeding pairs of red kites. These beautiful birds of prey were virtually extinct in the 1930's.

Here are just some places to visit in and around Powys: