B : Welshpool/Banwy Valley

Characteristic half-timbered buildings prevail in an area of rural tranquillity surrounding the Rivers Severn and Banwy and the English border.

WELSHPOOL (pop. 8,500) Market Day – Monday. Powysland Museum, Powis Castle, Montgomery Canal, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Edinburgh Woollen Mill (The Old Station), Leisure Centre and Golf Course. Festival of Transport (July). Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture (Berriew), Glansevern Hall Gardens.

LLANFAIR CAEREINION (pop. 1,600) Steam Railway, Riverside walk, St. Mary's Church.