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Old Radnor

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Population
  
741 (2011)

Country
  
Wales

Postcode district
  
LD8

Local time
  
Thursday 8:22 PM

Ceremonial county
  
Powys

UK parliament constituency
  
Brecon and Radnorshire

Principal area
  
Powys

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Police
  
Dyfed-Powys

Dialling code
  
01544

Post town
  
Presteigne

Old Radnor

Weather
  
6°C, Wind NE at 19 km/h, 69% Humidity

Old Radnor (Welsh: Pencraig) is a town and community in Powys (historically in Radnorshire), Wales. The community includes the villages of Yardro, Dolyhir, Burlingjobb, Walton and Evenjobb, as well as Old Radnor itself. In the 2001 census and the 2011 Census the community had a population of 741 (390 male and 351 female) in 323 households.

Contents

Map of Old Radnor, Presteigne, UK

Old Radnor lies on a lane off the A44, west of the border with the English county of Herefordshire. The town of New Radnor, which replaced Old Radnor as county town of Radnorshire, is to the west of Old Radnor. Riddings Brook, a tributary of the River Lugg, starts near Old Radnor. Old Radnor has one pub, the Harp Inn, a 15th-century farm house.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. At the 2011 Census this ward had a population of 1,562.

References

Old Radnor Wikipedia