Sarn, Powys Explained

Country:Wales
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Montgomeryshire
Coordinates:52.51°N -3.174°W
Official Name:Sarn
Unitary Wales:Powys
Lieutenancy Wales:Powys
Constituency Westminster:Montgomeryshire
Post Town:NEWTOWN
Postcode District:SY16
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01686
Os Grid Reference:SO204908
Static Image Name:Holy Trinity Church, Sarn, Powys - geograph.org.uk - 634157.jpg

Sarn is a small village in Powys, Wales.

The village lies on the A489 road 6.4miles east of Newtown. There is a bus service through the village, with buses to Newtown, Churchstoke and Montgomery.[1]

Less than a mile to the west is the smaller settlement of Llancowrid, also on the A489, at . The hamlets of City and Bachaethlon are 0.75miles from Sarn, on the minor road up to the Kerry Ridgeway.

The historic parish church is Holy Trinity, part of the Ridgeway Benefice, in the Clun Forest deanery of the Church of England's Diocese of Hereford.[2] The village also possesses a Baptist church.[3]

There is a village hall, a primary school, and a public house — the Sarn Inn.[4] A small group of farmers called the Sarnies beat the eggheads in 2005. A small recreation ground includes a tennis court and a bowling green.

Historic buildings in the parish include Great Cefnyberen, a Grade II timber-framed house, which dates from the mid-16th century.

Governance

It forms part of the Kerry community (in the ward of Sarn)[5] and for Powys County Council the electoral division/ward of Kerry.[6] It falls in the historic county of Montgomeryshire.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cartogold.co.uk/Powys_Bus/timetables/81.pdf Powys Bus
  2. http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_a_Church/Index.aspx Diocese of Hereford
  3. http://www.sarnbaptist.org.uk/ Sarn Baptist Church
  4. http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55330/ Pubs Galore
  5. http://www.powys.gov.uk/uploads/media/16_Kerry_en_01.pdf Powys County Council
  6. http://www.election-maps.co.uk Ordnance Survey Election Maps