Introducing Welshpool (Y Trallwng)
This little Severn Valley town was originally called Pool – after the ‘pills’, boggy, marshy ground (long since drained) along the nearby river. It was changed in 1835 to Welshpool, so nobody would get confused with Poole in Dorset.
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It’s a workaday little town with few distractions in the town centre proper and few inspiring options for people seeking to overnight. More compelling, however, are the peripheral sights, which are the big draw for visitors: the glorious Powis Castle, the narrow-gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway and, for the more open-minded, the supremely flamboyant, not to mention slightly incongruous, Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Perth Airport Parking
by n_rb 08 February 2011
Plenty of secure warehouse yards in Welshpool - find a business there and do a deal with them. You might have to convince them you're…
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RE: MEL to Hobart. Which airline?
by markfawkner 21 December 2010
Ex-Hobart so up on the trains (I think I once had to wait at the Moonah Railway crossing near Cooley's on the way to the pub while a train…
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RE: Port Hedland, WA. Work and accommodation
by n_rb 04 February 2010
Karratha has a proportion of "middle class residential" population with more schools, families, adminsitrative people etc which might…
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