Llanbrynmair is a town, community and also electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws as well as Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in location, is the second biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The neighborhood consists of numerous communities: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed and Pennant. The original centre is at Llan, on the road to Llanidloes, where the neighborhood parish church of St Mary lies. The existing centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the joint of the A470 as well as B4518 rose to local prominence with the building of the new turnpike road in 1821 and the arrival of the train line in between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the community includes the valleys of 3 rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and the bordering uplands. The 3 rivers join around the major town and also circulation westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi as well as Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian train line, integrated in the 1860s, goes through Llanbrynmair and also temporarily offered an electrical outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles south. The village station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a degree going across alongside the station yet, following the accidental fatality of an American site visitor in October 1999 and also its summary as a "blackspot", the crossing was shut and also the road drawn away. The area is mainly Welsh-speaking and also reliant upon livestock farming. It was privileged to escape the foot and also mouth condition break out in Britain in 2001.
