Blaenrheidol Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Blaenrheidiol
Coordinates:52.4404°N -3.8167°W
Unitary Wales:Ceredigion
Lieutenancy Wales:Dyfed
Constituency Westminster:Ceredigion Preseli
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Ceredigion
Post Town:Aberystwyth
Postcode District:SY23 3
Postcode Area:SY
Population:495
Population Ref:(2011)[1]

Blaenrheidol is a community in the county of Ceredigion, North Wales.[2] It lies in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales, approximately 12miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44 road, and includes Pumlumon.

It includes the settlements of Ponterwyd, Ystumtuen and Llywernog.[3] As the name suggests, a large section of the Afon Rheidol is in the community as well as the large man-made reservoir of Nant-y-moch.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community populastion 2011. 13 May 2015.
  2. https://archive.today/20140127103228/http://ponterwyd.pumlumon.org.uk/index.php?lang=eng&page=111 Blaenrheidol Community Council; 27 January 2014
  3. Web site: Election maps . Ordnance Survey. 10 February 2019 .