Ystradgynlais (Villages & Resorts in Powys)

Member Name: welshwolf

Product:	Villages & Resorts in Powys
Date:	17/11/01 (108 review reads)
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I have lived in Ystradgynlais now for some ten years and as with everywhere it has changed drastically over the years. Ystradgynlais unlike its neighboring village Ystalyfera is going from strength to strength.

Ystradgynlais is fifteen miles from Swansea on the road to Brecon – situated on the edge of the National Park as the Estate Agents put it. It’s very much a village where everyone knows everyone’s business.

As you enter Ystradgynlais you pass the Rugby Club on your right, the scene of many a classic game although sadly at the moment the team seams to be going from bad to worse. You then cross the bridge and pass the church to the cross. The cross is the center where you see the majority of youngsters hanging out at night and during the day people waiting for buses.

Ystradgynlais has the following: -

· A flower shop,
· Two estate agents,
· Two chip shops,
· Two restaurants,
· A Chinese takeaway,
· An Indian takeaway,
· Four pubs,
· A jewelers,
· An Ironmongers,
· Two Newsagents,
· A post office.


Fairly basic but the heart of the village is the welfare hall, which hosts concerts
and doubles up as a cinema, although be warned that in the winter its advised to wear a coat as heating seems to be a luxury.

The village is made up of some eight thousand people and has of late had a large influx of outsiders (sorry English!!). But still now if you go to the local pubs you meet old characters that will talk all day about the old mines and tin works that were dotted all over the valley at one time. Nowadays you have to travel down the valley to work with many working in the DVLA in Swansea.

The village is well situated for all types, Swansea is just half an hour’s drive where you can shop till your hearts content whilst Brecon is half an hours drive in the opposite direction with outstanding walks and beauty.

Although
not coming from the village I now feel very much a part of the local community i.e. I also know every one else’s business also. If you get a chance call, you never know you might bump into me.

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