Rhayader (/ˈreɪ.ədər/; Welsh: Rhaeadr Gwy; pronounced[ˈr̥əɪadarˈɡʊi̯]) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of Radnorshire. The town is 20 miles (32 km) from the source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains, and is located at the junction of the A470 road and the A44 road 13 miles (21 km) north of Builth Wells and 30 miles (48 km) east of Aberystwyth.
The population was 2,088, with 55% of the community having some form of Welsh identity, according to the 2011 census.[1][2] The community is the largest in Wales by area, with 137.31 km2 (53.02 sq mi).[3] It includes the Elan Valley.[4]
Rhayader holds the record for the lowest-ever temperature recorded in Wales, -23.3 °C on 21 January 1940.
^Powys County Council : Census 2011 : Rhayader Community Retrieved 13 November 2010
^"rhayader identity". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^"Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk.
^UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rhayader Parish (W04000341)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Rhayader (/ˈreɪ.ədər/; Welsh: Rhaeadr Gwy; pronounced [ˈr̥əɪadar ˈɡʊi̯]) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of...
Rhayader was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Radnorshire, Wales. The district was formed by the Local Government Act...
A44 in the early years. After the Second World War, the section between Rhayader and Llangurig was renumbered A470, as part of the 186 miles (299 km) long...
sessions should be held alternately at New Radnor and Rhayader. A judge was murdered at Rhayader a few years later, highlighting the dangers to English...
Brecknockshire. In Radnorshire, the language survived into the 20th century west of Rhayader with a few native speakers from Nantmel parish surviving into the 20th...
Flintshire on 18 July 2022. Lowest minimum temperature: −23.3 °C (−10 °F) at Rhayader, Radnorshire (now Powys) on 21 January 1940. Maximum number of hours of...
The Rhayader television relay station is sited on high ground to the northeast of the town of Rhayader, south Wales. It was originally built in the 1980s...
Elan Valley (Welsh: Cwm Elan) is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". It covers...
Rhayader Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Rhayader, Powys, Wales. The available documentary sources are not clear enough...
Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, PC (né Leifchild Stratten Jones; 16 January 1862 – 26 September 1939), known as Leif Jones before his...
Carney Special Performer Episode: "Victory" 1971 The Snow Goose Philip Rhayader Television movie 1982 Camelot King Arthur Television movie 1985 Maigret...
900 mi) of engineered roads. The Rebecca Riots in Carmarthenshire and Rhayader from 1839 to 1844 contributed to a Royal Commission that led to the demise...
footpath by 1981. During the 1980s, gaps between Ross-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye and Rhayader were integrated into the pathway, forming a 112-mile (180 km) walk reaching...
Felindre, Llandrindod Wells, Llanwrthwl, Llanwrtyd, Presteigne St. Andrew's, Rhayader Town and Whitton. Felindre were the first league champions. The league...
and Welsh mother, Alison Johnson. His maternal grandparents are from Rhayader, Wales. After joining the Nottingham Forest academy from Dunkirk at eight...
parts of northern and eastern Ceredigion and Powys between Aberystwyth and Rhayader. Elenydd is also a name given to the medieval commote of Cwmwd Deuddwr...
January 1982 Newport, Shropshire Wales −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F) 21 January 1940 Rhayader, Radnorshire Northern Ireland −18.7 °C (−1.7 °F) 24 December 2010 Castlederg...
comprises the Rhayader Mudstones Formation and the underlying Derwenlas Formation which outcrop across the region. The rocks of the Rhayader Mudstone Formation...
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