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Newtown (Welsh: Y Drenewydd) is a town with a population of 10,541 (1993) lying on the River Severn in Mid Wales. The town is best known as the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771, his former house now being a museum.

Newtown was founded in the tenth century and grew in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries around the textile and flannel industry and the arrival of the Montgomeryshire branch of the Shropshire Union Canal. In 1838, the town saw Wales' first Chartist demonstration.

The town was designated as a "new town" in 1967 and has seen a large population growth as companies and people have settled, changing the rural market town character.

Other attractions in the town include a museum about W. H. Smith newsagents, founded in the town in 1792, a textile museum, the Royal Welsh Warehouse built by Pryce Pryce-Jones to house the world's first mail order service, a theatre and an arts centre.

Gregynog, a country house now owned by the University of Wales and built by Lord Davies of LLandinam, is nearby.

Newtown hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1965.

For more information see: http://www.newtown.org.uk/

Trains: Newtown is on The Cambrian Line

Football: Newtown AFC

Libraries:
Newtown Library
   Park Lane
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 1EJ
   01686 626934
   Mon 9:30am-5:30pm
   Tue 9:30am-7:00pm
   Wed 9:30am-5:30pm
   Thur 9:30am-5:30pm
   Fri 9:30am-7:00pm
   Sat 9:30am-1:00pm

Cinemas:
Regent
   Broad Street
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 2NA
   http://www.regentnewtown.co.uk/index.php

Golf:
St Giles Golf Club
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 3AJ
   01686 625844

Rugby: Newtown RFC

Vets:
Hafren Veterinary Group
   Gorphwysfa
   Llanidloes Rd
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 1HA
   01686 625344

Vastre Veterinary Centre
   Unit 8 Vastre Ind Est
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 1DZ
   01686 626111

Tourist Information Centre
Telephone:	01686 625580
Fax:	01686 610065
Email:	[email protected]
Address:	The Park Back Lane Newtown Powys SY16 2PW
Hours:	Winter 7 Days 9:30-17:00 Summer 7 Days 9:30-17:00


	Pubs/Bars: Angel 4 High Street Newtown Powys SY16 2NX The Bell Hotel 30 Commercial St Newtown Powys SY16 2DE 01686 625540 Black Boy Hotel Broad Street Newtown Powys SY16 2NA 01686626436 The Buck Inn 19 High St Newtown Powys SY16 2NP 01686 622699 The Cambrian Vaults New Rd Newtown Powys SY16 1BG 01686 622501 The Castle Vaults 46 Broad Street Newtown Powys SY16 2AU 01686 627517 The Cross Guns Inn 32 Park Street Newtown Powys SY16 1EF The Elephant and Castle Broad Street Newtown Powys SY16 2BQ 01686 626271 The Exchange Broad Street Newtown Powys SY16 2NA 01686 621814 The Flying Shuttle Llanidloes Rd Newtown Powys SY16 1HL 01686 627544 The Grapes 3 Commercial Street Newtown Powys SY16 2BL 01686 624488

B&B's/Guesthouses
Cefn Gwyn Farm B&B
   Cefn-Gwyn Farm
   Trefeglwys
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY17 5RF
01686 430648
[email protected]
http://www.cefngwyn.co.uk

The Gro Guest House
   Pool Road
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 3AL
01686 626383
01686 626383
[email protected]

The Grove Guest House
   Wern Ddu Lane
   Newtown
   Powys
   SY16 3DN
01686 622591
[email protected]
http://www.avaweb.co.uk/powys/grove/home.html


		The Lion Hotel Shortbridge Street Newtown Powys SY16 2LR 01686 625807 The Pheasant Inn 14 Market St Newtown Powys SY16 2PQ 01686 625383 The Queens Head Pool Road Newtown Powys SY16 1DG 01686 626461 The Railway Tavern Old Kerry Road Newtown Powys SY16 1BH 01686 626156 The Red Dragon Plantation Lane Newtown Powys SY16 1LH 01686 625891 The Sarn Inn Main Road Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4EJ Splitz Bar Wesley Street Newtown Powys SY16 2NW The Sportsman 17 Severn St Newtown Powys SY16 2AQ 01686 625885 The Victoria Vaults 15 Broad St Newtown Powys SY16 2NA 01686 626436 The Waggon and Horses Lower Canal Road Newtown Powys SY16 2JB 01686 625790 Wheatsheaf Inn Pool Road Newtown Powys SY16 1DJ

	Highgate Farmhouse B&B Newtown Powys SY16 3LF 01686 623763 01686 629194 [email protected] Park House B&B Llanidloes Road Newtown Powys SY16 1HF 01686 610366 01686 610366 [email protected] http://www.parkhousenewtown.co.uk Plas Canol Guest House Newtown New Road Newtown Powys SY16 1AS 01686 625598

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Also famous as the home of the worlds first Mail Order business started by Pryce Jones's Royal Welsh Warehouse which supplied welsh flanned to Queen Victoria . Newtown was also at the forefront of the woollen industry and known as the Leeds of Wales, based on hand looming.

#0 - robert davey - 11/19/2007 - 12:05


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