Knighton Community Centre, Knighton

#3 among attractions in Knighton

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Knighton Community Centre is a venue situated in the Powys/Shropshire border town of Knighton. It is Knighton's largest venue with a current standing capacity for 650 and a seated capacity of 450. The venue once had over 1,000 in attendance for the visit of then top DJ Donovan Bad Boy Smith to now defunct event promotion Ultim-8 on 25 September 1992. It has a fully functional theatre stage and a large hall is used for concerts, discos, performances, conferences, wrestling and even as a cinema. There is also a licensed bar. ()

Opened: 1984 (40 years ago)Coordinates: 52°20'38"N, 3°3'7"W

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Broad StreetKnighton LD7 1BL United Kingdom

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Knighton Community Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Offa's Dyke, Clun Castle, Clun Bridge, Hopton Castle.

~660 ftE
Visitor center, Ruins
Offa's Dyke, Knighton
4 min walk • Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction.
5.4 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Clun Castle, Clun
139 min walk • Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the Norman invasion of England and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system.
5.4 miN
Bridge
Clun Bridge, Clun
137 min walk • Clun Bridge is a historical bridge in the small town of Clun, Shropshire, England dating from 1450 which crosses over the River Clun.
6.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Hopton Castle
159 min walk • Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the British TV series Time Team in 2010.
7.5 miNE
Church
St Swithun's Church
191 min walk • St Swithun's Church is in the village of Clunbury, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Bedstone, St Cuthbert, Clungunford, St Mary, Clunton, and St Edward, Hopton Castle.
2.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Caer Caradoc
70 min walk • Caer Caradoc is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in the south-west of the English county of Shropshire, near the town of Clun. It overlooks the village of Chapel Lawn.
7.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mixen
187 min walk • Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
5.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Bleddfa Castle
136 min walk • Bleddfa Castle was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo in modern-day Powys, Wales. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and abandoned by 1304.
3.4 miSE
Church
St Andrew's
86 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Presteigne, Powys, Wales. It was first constructed in the 9th century by the Anglo-Saxons and retains elements of the original Anglo-Saxon church within a Norman renovation and later Victorian restoration.
1.9 miSE
52°19'31"N • 3°1'9"W
The Spaceguard Centre, Knighton
49 min walk • Observatories and planetariums, Museum
5.3 miE
Forts and castles
Brampton Bryan Castle
136 min walk • Brampton Bryan Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the small village of Brampton Bryan in north-western Herefordshire, England, 50m south of the River Teme.