Red Lion Hill

#7148 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Red Lion Hill or Banc y Dolau is a hill in Powys, Wales, with a summit 484.6 metres above sea level. It is located in Mid Wales between the towns of Newtown and Llandrindod Wells, approximately three point two kilometres to the west of the A483 road. ()

Elevation: 1590 ftCoordinates: 52°22'43"N, 3°23'22"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Red Lion Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rhayader Castle, Pegwn Mawr, Cwmhir Abbey, Old Swan.

7.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Rhayader Castle, Rhayader
193 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.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pegwn Mawr
90 min walk • Pegwn Mawr is a mountain in Powys, Mid Wales, east of Llanidloes. It is 586 m high. It is surrounded by a wind farm.
3.4 miS
Monastery
Cwmhir Abbey
87 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.
7.4 miSW
Vernacular architecture
Old Swan, Rhayader
190 min walk • 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.
7.1 miSW
52°17'56"N • 3°29'50"W
Gigrin Red Kitr Feeding Centre, Rhayader
183 min walk • Farm
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Cambrian Mountains
137 min walk • The Cambrian Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in Wales. The term Cambrian Mountains used to apply to most of the upland of Wales.
3.3 miS
Museum, History museum
Abbey Cwmhir Hall
84 min walk • Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall is a neo-Elizabethan country house in the Welsh county of Powys.
2.6 miE
Forts and castles
Tinboeth Castle
67 min walk • Tinboeth Castle was a medieval castle situated midway between Llanbister and Llanbadarn Fynydd in Wales, on a bend in the River Ithon. The castle is believed to have been built by Roger Mortimer during the 13th century. Following Mortimer's death, the castle fell into ruin and little of the structure remains.
5.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Buddugre Castle
131 min walk • Buddugre Castle was a motte and bailey defensive fortification overlooking the River Ithon, located in the community of Llanddewi Ystradenny, in Radnorshire, Wales.
5.6 miSW
Sport, Sport venue
Cwmythig Hill
143 min walk • Cwmythig Hill is a motocross circuit situated approximately 2 miles from the town of Rhayader, Powys. As the name suggests, the circuit is predominantly a hillside circuit, with steep, natural hills mixed with man-made supercross inspired table-top jumps, along with a 'wall of death' banked hairpin turn.