Glyn Tarell

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Glyn Tarell
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Glyn Tarell
Location within Powys
Population633 
OS grid reference SN 979 232
  Cardiff 31.8 mi (51.2 km)
  London 146.1 mi (235.1 km)
Community
  • Glyn Tarell
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Aberhonddu
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
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UK
Wales
Powys
51°53′53″N3°29′06″W / 51.898°N 3.485°W / 51.898; -3.485 Coordinates: 51°53′53″N3°29′06″W / 51.898°N 3.485°W / 51.898; -3.485

Glyn Tarell is a valley and a community in the county of Powys, Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. It is in the Brecon Beacons National Park and at the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons mountains.

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Description

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The valley is on the A470 road which runs along the eponymous valley of the River Tarell. [1] [2]

The Taff Trail runs through the valley. The administrative area of the community extends over a wide area of sparsely populated land, and extends south beyond the watershed to include the highest part of the River Taff and the Beacons Reservoir. Much of its northern boundary is formed by the River Usk. The peak Pen y Fan (886 m) is at the eastern boundary of the community. The main (but small) villages in the Community are Libanus and Llanspyddid.

In 2011 the population of Glyn Tarell was 633, with 14.7% of them able to speak Welsh. [3]

(Glyn Tarell is 32 miles (51 km) from Cardiff and 146 miles (235 km) from London.)

Governance

Glyn Tarell has a community council of up to nine elected or co-opted community councillors. [4]

The community is included in the Talybont-on-Usk electoral ward, which chooses one county councillor for Powys County Council.

See also

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Llanspyddid

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Pencelli is a small village within the community of Talybont-on-Usk in the county of Powys, Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. The Welsh name signifies the 'end of (a) grove'. It lies just to the southeast of Brecon in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The village sits near the confluence of the Nant Menasgin with the River Usk. Both the B4558 and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal pass through the village. There is a pub - the Royal Oak, an outdoor education centre and a campsite within the village. Pencelli Castle is likely a late eleventh century fortification which fell into disuse in the thirteenth century.

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References

  1. Tarell Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 May 2014
  2. Google Maps (Map). Google.
  3. Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats; Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 May 2014
  4. "The Councillors". Cyngor Cymuned Glyn Tarell. Retrieved 4 February 2018.