Crickhowell
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| Crickhowell Crug Hywel |
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| Population | 2,000 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Powys |
| Ceremonial county | Powys |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRICKHOWELL |
| Postcode district | NP8 |
| Dial code | 01873 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | Brecon & Radnorshire |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Powys | |
Crickhowell (Crug Hywel, Crughywel, or Crucywel in Welsh) is a town in the traditional county of Brecknockshire, in Powys, mid-Wales. The name is taken from that of the nearby hill fort of Crug Hywel. The town lies on the River Usk, on the southern edge of the Black Mountains and in the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Significant parts of the surrounding countryside (over 20,000 acres) form part of the Glanusk Park estate. The town has a population of around 2,000 people.
Notable buildings in Crickhowell include the seventeenth-century bridge with its odd arches (twelve on one side, thirteen on the other) and its seat built into the walls, the fourteenth-century parish church of St Edmund, and the ruins of Crickhowell Castle on the "tump".
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