Introduction
Market town in Powys, Wales
Human settlement in WalesLlanfair CaereinionRiver Banwy Bridge with St Mary's Church in the distance.Llanfair CaereinionLocation within PowysPopulation1,810 (2011)OS grid referenceSJ105065Principal areaPowysPreserved countyPowysCountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWELSHPOOLPostcode districtSY21Dialling code01938PoliceDyfed-PowysFireMid and West WalesAmbulanceWelsh
UK ParliamentMontgomeryshire and GlyndŵrSenedd Cymru – Welsh ParliamentMontgomeryshire
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52°38′56″N 3°19′28″W / 52.64882°N 3.32434°W / 52.64882; -3.32434
Community map
Map of the community
Taliesin Stone, Llanfair Caereinion.
Llanfair Caereinion (Welsh pronunciationⓘ) is a market town and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales upon the River Banwy (also known as the River Einion), around 8 miles west of Welshpool. In 2011 the ward had a population of 1,810; the town itself had a population of 1,055 according to Nomis.
Llanfair Caereinion station on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
History
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Llanfair Caereinion Town Centre
Its name is a combination of Welsh llan "church" + Mair "Mary" and caer "fort" + Einion, a personal name, meaning "the church of Mary [at] the fort of Einion". The town is built upon the site of an old Roman fort. The site of the Battle of Maes Moydog (1295) is nearby. In 1758 the town was almost completely wiped out by a major fire.
Geography
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The town is close to Welshpool. It acts as a centre for many scattered hamlets and villages in the area. The electorate of the community places it fourteenth in size, out of the county's eighteen towns. Llanfair Caereinion is classified as an area centre in the Powys Unitary Development Plan, for the market town has the largest range of community services and facilities and the greatest capacity to accommodate additional development in its locality. There are also rural settlements within the community at Heniarth and Melin-y-ddol. The remainder of the population lives in scattered farms and dwellings.
Transport
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The town is served by the following bus routes: 73 (Llanfair-Welshpool-Oswestry) which operates only two services each way on Wednesdays and Fridays between 8:58 and 14:57. 84 (Llanfair-Newtown) which operates only two services each way Mondays-Fridays but is more a school service. 87 (Llanfair-Welshpool-Foel) which operates Mondays to Saturdays with six services a day and three each way to Foel, Llanfair and Welshpool. 89 (Llanfair-Welshpool) offer additional service on Mondays only to Welshpool and back to Llanfair.
The nearest mainline railway station is Welshpool and further away is Machynlleth. The town is also the terminus of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. This offers an additional method of travel to Welshpool from the town between Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays although it is primarily a heritage railway.