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Newest Review: ... get bored of the garden or park. For more detail the following review (not mine) is recommended: www.dooyoo.co.uk/sightseeing-national/po wis-castle/354658/ There are even a number of events held in the grounds of Powis Castle. The largest and most popular is the Country and Western Music Festival in July. The town fills with people dressed in full western gear and the pubs (weather allowing) lay on straw bales for seating. It’s fair to say you’d have to be keen on Country and Western, but if you’re not I can recommend the Powys Wood Fair, showcasing local crafts and art, in September. There are a number of restaurants in the town, tho... more

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Crowned Review Welshpool in General: A Welsh Pool - The Gateway to Mid Wales (1099 words)
by mouette - written on 08/07/05 (Very useful, 1107 readings)
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If you haven’t been to Mid Wales yet you should start making plans now. It is surely one of the most beautiful and uncrowded areas in the UK. And the gateway is a pool. Or to be precise, a Welsh pool. On any map it’s known and as Welshpool and can be found just three miles from the English border, and 19 miles west of Shrewsbury. To a number of locals it is known as Y Trallym, and it used to be known by all as Pool until 1835. However, the rise in popularity of Poole in Dorset persuaded the town that it should be known as Welshpool to avoid the inevitable confusion (the lack of a nearby sea should have been enough of a hint in my mind). ...

 

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