Abermule

Looking on in wonder

Looking on in wonder

Abermule (Welsh: Aber-miwl) is a village lying on the River Severn 6 km (4 miles) northeast of Newtown in Powys, mid Wales. The A483 Swansea to Chester trunk road, the Cambrian Line railway, connecting Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury, and the Montgomery Canal, close to the river, all pass through Abermule. The village had a population of 900 as of the 2011 census.

The village is part of the Llandyssil community.

Amenities

The village has one primary school - Abermule CP School; previously called Dolforwyn CP School - a village shop, a caravan park, a growing number of new houses, a community centre/playing fields, two parks for children, a bowling green, two tennis courts, and one pub - The Abermule Hotel. Abermule is also home to Wales's first privately owned natural burial site, Green Lane Burial Field.

History

Nearby are the remains of Dolforwyn Castle, the only castle built by the last native prince of Gwynedd of direct descent, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales. In 2006 a Roman Road was found while building the Felin Hafren estate.

Notable residents

  • Composer Philip Heseltine, pseudonym Peter Warlock, lived at Abermule before and after the First World War.
  • Jack Fairweather (writer) born (1978) and raised in Abermule. War correspondent and winner of 2019 Costa Book of the Year with The Volunteer.
Text taken from Wikipedia - Abermule under the CC-BY-SA-3.0 on April 13, 2023

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