Welshpool

By car

Welshpool is at the cross-roads of the A483 (north/south) and the A458 (east/west). The A458 connects to the UK Motorway network at the M54 near Shrewsbury

By rail

Welshpool station is on the Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth line.

By air

Light aircraft can use (ICAO:EGCW) (or Welshpool Airport), just to the south of the town.

By water

The Montgomery Canal passes through the town. A few miles either side of the town are navigable, but restoration work continues on the rest of the canal.

• Powis Castle and Garden

  phone: +44 1938 551944
  address: Welshpool, SY21 8RF
  Medieval fortress turned grand manor house, now in the care of the National Trust. The castle has a large collection of important paintings and furniture, as well as numerous treasures from India in the Clive Museum. The extensive gardens look much as intended when they were laid out in the 1770s are an attraction in their own right.

• Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

  phone: +44 1938 810441
  address: Raven Square Station, SY21 7LT
  This steam-hauled, narrow gauge railway links Welshpool with the village of Llanfair Caereinion, 8.5 miles away.
• The Offa's Dyke Path national walking trail passes through the town. This is a long distance walking trail following the length of the England/Wales border from Prestatyn to Chepstow

• Llanymynech Golf Club

  address: Pant
  Former US Master's Winner and Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam learnt his game here. This course also holds the distinction that it is the only course in the world in two countries, it has 15 holes in Wales and 3 in Shropshire, England.

• The Old Station

  phone: +44 1938 556622
  address: Severn Road, SY21 7AY
  When the railway line was moved to accommodate a new bypass road in the early 1990s, the historic station building was left redundant. Now it has been turned into a mini department store, with gifts, clothes, woollens, golf equipment and a coffee shop and restaurant.

• Coed y Dinas

  phone: +44 1938 555545
  address: SY21 8SA
  Sprawling retail mecca in converted Victorian farm buildings. Garden Centre, equestrian store, pet shop, food hall, furniture outlet, kitchenware. Part of the same group as Cheap Charlies, whose shops in Aberystwyth and Newtown have been popular with local bargain hunters for years.

• Andrew's Fish Bar

  phone: +44 1938 552635
  address: 32 High St

• The Corn Store

  phone: +44 1938 554614
  address: 4 Church St.

• Tynllwyn Farm Bed & Breakfast

  phone: +44 1938 553175
  address: Tynllwyn Farm
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* large farmhouse.

• Tan Y Graig Bed & Breakfast

  phone: +44 1938 500574
  address: Tan Y Graig, Meifod, SY22 6BP
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*

• Rhyd-y-groes touring caravan & camping park

  phone: +44 1938 561228
  address: Rhyd-Y-Groes Caravan & Camping Park, Marton
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* touring caravan and camping park; Offas Dyke: 1/2 mile

• Montgomery (Wales)
• Llanfair Caereinion
• Newtown
• Shrewsbury (England)