Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly=
official_name= Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
unitary_wales= Powys
lieutenancy_wales= Powys
constituency_westminster= Montgomeryshire
post_town= OSWESTRY
postcode_district = SY10
postcode_area= SY
dial_code= 01691
os_grid_reference= SJ123262
latitude= 52.83
longitude= -3.30

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village in Powys, mid Wales. Population 1,470 Fact|date=March 2008, Welsh-speaking 62% Fact|date=March 2008. The village is best known as the former parish of William Morgan, then a vicar who first translated the Bible into Welsh and later rose to become a Bishop at Llandaff Cathedral and St. Asaph.

Local Attractions

Attractions near the village include Wales's highest waterfall, the Pistyll Rhaeadr, known for its natural arch.

The Berwyn Mountains are nearby and Lake Vyrnwy.

Film Location

Parts of the 1995 film "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain", starring Hugh Grant were filmed in the village.


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