Old Swan, Rhayader

Name: Old Swan
Address: Rhayader, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Rhayader

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The Old Swan is a former historic public house at the centre of Rhayader, Powys, Wales. The buildings are timber framed and while there is a datestone of 1683, it is very probable that it is late 16th century, if not earlier. The buildings still have their original roof of stone flags and distinctive leaning stone chimney stacks. The buildings were listed Grade II in 1995. ()

Coordinates: 52°17'60"N, 3°30'33"W

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Rhayader United Kingdom

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Old Swan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: National Cycle Collection, Albert Hall, Rhayader Castle, Willow Globe Theatre.

7 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
National Cycle Collection, Llandrindod Wells
179 min walk • The National Cycle Museum for the UK is a collection of bicycles through the ages established in 1981 in premises on the estate of Belton House, near Grantham. After the National Trust were gifted the house the museum was without premises until a new location at Lincoln was offered.
6.7 miSE
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells
172 min walk • The Albert Hall is a period Victorian theatre in Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Wales. Originally built as a church hall in 1896, it became a theatre in 1922, with the addition of an art-deco foyer.
~1290 ftW
Forts and castles
Rhayader Castle, Rhayader
7 min walk • Rhayader Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Rhayader, Powys, Wales. The available documentary sources are not clear enough to distinguish between this site and the castle mound across the river and one or the other was probably built by Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth, in 1177.
3.1 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Willow Globe Theatre, Rhayader
80 min walk • The Willow Globe Theatre is an open air community theatre in Powys, Wales. It is a scaled-down version of the Globe Theatre in London, about a third of its size in diameter and similar to the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in London.
4.5 miSW
Aqueduct
Elan aqueduct
115 min walk • The Elan aqueduct crosses Wales and the Midlands of England, running eastwards from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Mid Wales to Birmingham's Frankley Reservoir, carrying drinking water for Birmingham.
4.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Elan Valley
109 min walk • The Elan Valley is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". It covers 70 square miles of lake and countryside.
6.6 miSE
Church
Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church, Llandrindod Wells
170 min walk • Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Llandrindod Wells. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1907. It was rebuilt in 1972. Its original foundation was the only church the Jesuits built in central Wales.
5.5 miE
Monastery
Cwmhir Abbey
142 min walk • Cwmhir Abbey, near Llandrindod Wells in Powys, is a Welsh Cistercian monastery founded in 1176 by Cadwallon ap Madog. A spurious tale was later recorded that the abbey was founded in 1143 by Meredudd ap Maelgwn at Ty-faenor, and then refounded at the present location near the village of Abbeycwmhir in 1176.
0.5 miE
52°17'56"N • 3°29'50"W
Gigrin Red Kitr Feeding Centre, Rhayader
13 min walk • Farm
5.5 miNE
Museum, History museum
Abbey Cwmhir Hall
141 min walk • Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall is a neo-Elizabethan country house in the Welsh county of Powys.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Garreg Lwyd
99 min walk • Garreg Lwyd is a hill in Mid Wales, between the towns of Rhayader and Llangurig. It rises to the east above the A470 as it follows the Wye Valley. The Bryn Titli Wind Farm is situated on an area of flatter moorland to the north-west. Red kites frequent the area.