Llanbrynmair is a village, area and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws and also Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in location, is the second biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The neighborhood includes numerous districts: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed and also Pennant. The initial centre goes to Llan, when traveling to Llanidloes, where the local parish church of St Mary is located. The current centre (previously called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and also B4518 rose to neighborhood prestige with the building of the brand-new turnpike road in 1821 and the arrival of the railway line in between Newtown as well as Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the community consists of the valleys of 3 rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen as well as Afon Rhiw Saeson-- as well as the bordering uplands. The three rivers join around the primary village and also flow westwards as the Afon Twymyn in the direction of the Afon Dyfi and Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian railway line, integrated in the 1860s, runs through Llanbrynmair and also for a time gave an electrical outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles south. The town station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a level going across beside the terminal however, adhering to the accidental death of an American visitor in October 1999 and also its summary as a "blackspot", the going across was closed as well as the road drawn away. The location is mostly Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was privileged to run away the foot and also mouth illness episode in Britain in 2001.