Welshpool - Definition and Overview

Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng) is a town in Powys, originally part of Montgomeryshire, in western-mid Wales, less than 10 km from the border with England. It has a population of 6,269 (2001 census).

Welshpool is a low lying town upon the River Severn. The Welsh name Y Trallwng literally means 'the marshy or sinking land'. In English it was innitially known as Poole but changed to Welshpool to distiguish it from Poole in Dorset.

Welshpool contains much Georgian architecture. Just south of the town is Powis Castle (which can be visited).

Welshpool is served by the Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth Cambrian Line of Arriva Trains Wales. The town is also the starting point of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway a narrow-gauge heritage railway popular with tourists. The semi-disused Montgomery Canal also runs through Welshpool.

Its local football club is Welshpool Town F.C.

Welshpool is also a suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Miscallaneous

Hedgehog crisps were credited as being invented in Welshpool.

External Links

• Welshpool.com (http://www.welshpool.com) - town website