Things to do

Local Attractions

Come and enjoy your free time with plenty of activities locally and lots of attractions nearby

Local attractions

  • Welshpool and Llanfair light railway
  • Powis Castle
  • Welshpool Golf Course
  • Gregynog Hall
  • Coed y dinas
  • Lake Vyrnwy
  • Llanrhaeadr Waterfall
  • Snowdonia National Park
  • Coed y brenin (great for mountain biking and walking)

 

Local fishing:

  • Montgomery Canal
  • River Severn
  • River 
  • Banwy River
  • Blue Bell Park
  • Blackpools

 

Machynlleth:

  • CAT - Centre for Alternative Technology
  • King Arthurs Labryinth
  • Mach Loop - low level jet training
  • Dyfi Ospreys project

 

Local Nature Reserves

  • Severn Farm Pond
  • Dolydd Hafren
  • Red House
  • Llyn coed y dinas

Beaches

  • Barmouth - 45 mins
  • Borth - 1 hour
  • Aberdyfi - 1 hour
  • Aberystwyth - 1.5 hours

 

Shopping:

  • Shrewsbury
  • Chester 

both easily accessible by train, bus and car

 

Market Towns

  • Welshpool - Monday
  • Newtown - Tuesday
  • Machynlleth - Wednesday
  • Oswestry - Wednesday
  • Shrewsbury - Tuesday