Population 719 (2011) Community Talybont-on-Usk Country Wales Local time Sunday 3:34 AM Ceremonial county Powys UK parliament constituency Brecon and Radnorshire | OS grid reference SO111226 Principal area Powys Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01874 Post town Brecon | |
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Mon brec canal at talybont on usk
Talybont-on-Usk (Welsh: Tal-y-bont ar Wysg) is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It lies on both the River Usk and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. It had a population in 2001 of 743, reducing to 719 at the 2011 Census.
Contents
- Mon brec canal at talybont on usk
- Map of Talybont on Usk Brecon UK
- Governance
- History
- The village
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon, UK
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,923.
History
Allt yr Esgair is a steep-sided hill to the north east of Talybont, and has an Iron Age settlement on the summit. There are other Iron Age and Bronze Age sites in the vicinity and a Roman road flanks the slopes of Allt yr Esgair. A small castle was built at Pencelli during the Norman invasion and this was later replaced by the sixteenth century Pencelli House. The canal was built around 1800 to transport lime, coal and iron to Newport. There are some lime kilns to the east of the village and a tramroad was built to transport limestone from the crags above.
The village
The village is located on the B4558 road about six miles southeast of Brecon and eight miles northwest of Crickhowell. It is beside the River Usk and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal and is connected to the A40 trunk road on the other side of the river by a short section of unclassified road. The village has a shop and several pubs. The valley one mile south of the village is dammed to form the Talybont Reservoir. This has a 380 metres (1,250 ft) dam and there are forest trails in its vicinity. Talybont-on-Usk is a popular place for walkers and offers the Henry Vaughan walk through the nearby countryside where the 18th century poet once lived. Another walk can be followed along the line of the former Brinore Tramroad which runs south from the canalside wharf in the village around the western flanks of Y Wenallt and Tor y Foel before heading to Trefil via the head of the Dyffryn Crawnon valley.