Cwmgiedd Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Cwmgiedd
Community Wales:Ystradgynlais
Unitary Wales:Powys
Lieutenancy Wales:Powys
Constituency Westminster:Brecon & Radnorshire
Post Town:Swansea
Postcode District:SA9
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01639
Os Grid Reference:SN787115
Coordinates:51.7891°N -3.7591°W

Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd[1] within the community of Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales. It lies 22.5 km (15 miles) north-east of Swansea and 253 km (157 miles) west of London.

The Silent Village, a 1943 British propaganda film about the destruction by the Nazi occupiers of the Czech village Lidice, was filmed here.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vaughan. David. Přiběh dvou vesnic: Lidice - Cwmgiedd. archiv.radio.cz. 26 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410202637/http://archiv.radio.cz/cesky/lidice.phtml. 10 April 2008. dead.
  2. Web site: Silent Village, The (1943). ScreenOnline. BFI. 23 May 2016.