| Country: | Wales |
| Welsh Name: | Tal-y-bont |
| Coordinates: | 52.66°N -3.12°W |
| Official Name: | Buttington |
| Unitary Wales: | Powys |
| Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Montgomeryshire |
| Constituency Westminster: | Montgomeryshire |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ2408 |
| Static Image: | Entering Buttington - geograph.org.uk - 827747.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | Entering Buttington |
Buttington (Welsh: Tal-y-bont)[1] is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.[2] The village stands on a slight rise above the river's floodplain, by the ancient ford called Rhyd-y-groes, where Offa's Dyke meets the Severn. The ford retained strategic value: reportedly in 1039 a battle took place here between Welsh and English forces.[3]
See main article: Battle of Buttington. At Buttington in 893 a combined Welsh and Mercian army under Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, defeated a Danish army which had marched from Essex. This was the decisive battle in the war against the Viking invasion of the 890s.[4] [5] The Buttington Oak stood near the village until February 2018 and was said to have been planted by local people to commemorate the battle.[6]