Abermule

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Abermule
Abermule (United Kingdom)
Abermule

Abermule shown within the United Kingdom
Principal area Powys
Ceremonial county Powys
Constituent country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district SY
Dialling code 01686
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
European Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Montgomeryshire
List of places: UKWales

Coordinates: 52°32′34″N 3°14′12″W / 52.54281, -3.23662

Abermule (Welsh: Abermiwl) is a village in Powys, mid Wales, located on the River Severn.

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[edit] Amenities

The village has one primary school - Abermule CP School; previously called Dolforwyn CP School - a village shop, a caravan park, a growing number of new houses and two pubs: The Abermule Hotel and Waterloo Arms.

[edit] History

Nearby are the remains of Dolforwyn Castle, the only castle built by the last native prince of Gwynedd of direct descent, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan, Prince of Wales.

[edit] Railway

Abermule was the junction for a short branch railway to Kerry closed in 1956.

The village was the site of the Abermule train collision on 26 January 1921, which killed 17 passengers, including the Cambrian Railways chairman, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest of Machynlleth.

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