Cwmgiedd
| Cwmgiedd | |
|---|---|
  Cwmgiedd Location within Powys | |
| OS grid reference | SN787115 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Swansea |
| Postcode district | SA9 |
| Dialling code | 01639 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd[2] within the community of Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales. It lies 22.5 km (15 miles) north-east of Swansea and 253 km (157 miles) west of London. The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Yorath Chapel, first built in 1806, is in Cwmgiedd.[3]
The Silent Village, a 1943 British propaganda film about the destruction by the Nazi occupiers of the Czech village Lidice, was filmed here,[4] and in 2015, a graft of a Lidice pear tree was planted in the village, near the junction with the A4067, as part of the "Messenger of Hope" project.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Location of Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Vaughan, David. "Přiběh dvou vesnic: Lidice - Cwmgiedd". archiv.radio.cz. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ↑ "Yorath Chapel (6195)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "Silent Village, The (1943)". ScreenOnline. BFI. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Příprava výsadby Lidické hrušně ve Welsu a její slavnostní odhalení v Cwmgieddu" [Preparation of the planting of Lidice pear in Wales and its unveiling ceremony in Cwmgiedd]. www.lidice.cz. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
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