Country: | Wales |
Official Name: | The Vale of Grwyney |
Static Image: | Powys Wales communities - The Vale of Grwyney locator.png |
Static Image Caption: | The Vale of Grwyney location within Powys |
Static Image Width: | 200px |
Cardiff Distance Mi: | 30.0 |
Cardiff Distance Km: | 48.2 |
London Distance Mi: | 130.6 |
London Distance Km: | 210.1 |
Unitary Wales: | Powys |
Community Wales: | The Vale of Grwyney |
Post Town: | Crickhowell |
Postcode District: | NP8 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO 238 190 |
Population: | 738 |
The Vale of Grwyney is a community in Powys, Wales. It follows most of the border between Powys and Monmouthshire. It takes its name from the river Grwyney (in Welsh, Grwyne) which flows through it into the River Usk. The river Grwyney has two sources, called the Grwyne Fechan and the Grywne Fawr, which both rise in the Black Mountains and converge into one river near Llanbedr before meeting the Usk.
The community includes the villages of Glangrwyney, Llangenny, and Llanbedr. In 2011 the population of The Vale of Grwyney was 738 with 9.4% of them able to speak Welsh.[1] The community is part of the Crickhowell electoral ward and sends a county councillor to sit on Powys County Council.
from Cardiff and from London.[2] [3]