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Mid Wales

Geographic region of Wales

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Mid Wales (Welsh: Canolbarth Cymru) is in the United Kingdom.

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Glyndŵr's Way
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135-mile (217-km) path in an extended loop through Powys between Knighton and Welshpool.
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Getting there

By train
Arriva Trains Wales operates the Cambrian Line from Shrewsbury (with some services starting from Birmingham) to Aberystwyth, via the Severn Valley towns of Welshpool, Newtown and Caersws.
By plane
There are no airports or air services in mid Wales. The nearest airports are at Cardiff and Birmingham.

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Liverpool John Lennon Airport

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Cities

Brecon Beacons National Park

has some of the most spectacular and distinctive upland formations in southern Britain, including the Black Mountains, and a vast array of moorland, forests, valleys, waterfalls, lakes, caves and gorges.

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Towns

UnderstandMid Wales is the sparsely-populated heart of Wales, covering more than a third of the total area of the country but containing only around 1/15 of its population, with the university town of Aberystwyth being one of…

TalkAs elsewhere in Wales, English is universally understood. Welsh is, though, widely spoken in western Powys and in Ceredigion, and predominates in many parts of the latter.

Get inThe main routes into mid Wales are the A470 (from north and south Wales), the A483 (from Swansea and Wrexham), and the A40, A44 and A458 (from across the border in England).

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DoWork on organic farms: Wales is home to many communes and organic farms, and WWOOF can arrange for volunteers to work for free at some of these place in exchange for room and board.

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Mid Wales" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Overview

Sights and activities

Glyndŵr's Way