Sennybridge Explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Pontsenni
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Brecon & Radnorshire
Static Image:Maescar - Pont Senni.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Sennybridge, view southwest down High Street
Official Name:Sennybridge
Coordinates:51.946°N -3.569°W
Community Wales:Maescar
Unitary Wales:Powys
Lieutenancy Wales:Powys
Constituency Westminster:Brecon & Radnorshire
Post Town:BRECON
Postcode District:LD3
Postcode Area:LD
Dial Code:01874
Os Grid Reference:SN9228

Sennybridge (Welsh: Pontsenni) is a village in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire, situated some 42miles from Cardiff and 31miles from Swansea. It lies 9miles west of Brecon on the A40 trunk road to Llandovery, at the point where the Afon Senni flows into the Usk. It is in the community of Maescar.

Economy

One of the factors which influenced the growth of Sennybridge was the establishment of the Neath and Brecon Railway which opened a station in the adjoining village of Defynnog in 1867.[1] The promoter and contractor of the railway, John Dickson, also made a start on constructing a railway north from Sennybridge that would have linked the Neath and Brecon Railway to the Central Wales Line at Llangammarch Wells but work was suspended on his bankruptcy in 1867 and never resumed. The partially completed earthworks can still be seen in the countryside north of Sennybridge.

Landmarks

An extensive area of land to the north of Sennybridge is used by the Ministry of Defence for military training purposes. Sennybridge Camp and Army Field Training Centre, known as SENTA, is one of the major bases for Infantry Warfare Training by the British Army in the UK.

Education

Sennybridge's primary school, which houses a Welsh Language Unit, utilises the old Secondary Modern buildings in the village. Although the school is in Sennybridge, it continued to be named Defynnog Primary School until the 1980s when its name was changed to Sennybridge Primary School.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Briwnant Jones G . Dunstone D . Watkins T . The Neath and Brecon Railway: A History. Gomer. 2005. 1-84323-452-1.
  2. Web site: Rhydian Roberts. BBC. Web site: Archived copy . 6 February 2012 . 13 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113175911/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/showbiz/rhydianroberts.shtml . bot: unknown .