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Places to go near Welshpool

Lift bridge at The Moors, by Welshpool, on the Montgomery Canal. © John Haynes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

History buffs, nature-lovers, book-worms and canal enthusiasts – pretty Powys has something for everyone.

Start your journey at Brecon Basin – the northern terminus of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal – conveniently situated in the heart of the delightful town of Brecon. As well as the shops, pubs and hotels of this busy market town, Brecon is a major tourist base for those wishing to explore the National Park and its surrounding attractions - including the book town of Hay-on-Wye, Abergavenny, Crickhowell, the World Heritage Site at Blaenavon, the Brecon Mountain Railway at Merthyr Tydfil and numerous border castles and historic houses.

Elsewhere, you can leave the real world behind you and explore a sparkling wonderland at the Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, or simply sit back and enjoy the lovely Banwy Valley from an open-balconied carriage on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway.

Llefydd i fynd ym Mhowys

Mae Powys yn ardal hardd sydd â rhywbeth i bawb, waeth beth fo’ch diddordeb – llyfrau, hanes, byd natur neu gamlesi.

Dechreuwch eich taith ym Masn Aberhonddu - terfynfa ogleddol Camlas Mynwy ac Aberhonddu - a leolir yng nghanol tref hyfryd Aberhonddu. Mae Aberhonddu yn dref farchnad brysur gyda llawer o siopau, tafarndai a gwestai. Mae hefyd yn ganolfan boblogaidd i ymwelwyr â’r Parc Cenedlaethol a’i atyniadau cyfagos - gan gynnwys y Gelli Gandryll, sy’n enwog am ei siopau llyfrau, y Fenni, Crucywel, Safle Treftadaeth y Byd Blaenafon, Rheilffordd Fynydd Aberhonddu ym Merthyr Tudful a nifer o gestyll a thai hanesyddol ar y ffin.

Yn ogystal, mae cyfle i chi adael y byd go iawn am ychydig ac ymweld â byd rhyfeddol Amgueddfa Cerflunwaith Andrew Logan, neu ymlacio a mwynhau golygfeydd hyfryd Dyffryn Banwy o un o gerbydau agored Rheilffordd Gul y Trallwng a Llanfair.