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Photo of St Idloes' Church, Llanidloes, a church in the Powys, mid Wales.

© Philip Halling / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Idloes' Church, Llanidloes

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The showpiece at St Idloes’ is its arcade: a stretch of the aisled nave of the ruined Cistercian abbey at Cwmhir, carted over the hills after the Dissolution and re-set here in slightly jumbled order. Above it runs an elaborate 16th-century hammerbeam roof, the finest in the old county of Montgomeryshire. The church stands in the middle of Llanidloes and is open to visitors.

More places to visit near St Idloes' Church, Llanidloes

Photo along the Glyndŵr's Way, a 135-mile National Trail running from Knighton to Welshpool, mid Wales.Highlight

Glyndŵr's Way

National Trail

A long horseshoe through the empty hills of mid-Wales, from Knighton to Welshpool by way of Machynlleth.

here · Powys

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

here · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Wye Valley Walk, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Plynlimon, Wales and England.

Wye Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Following the Wye upstream from Chepstow's castle through gorge, orchard and moorland to the river's source country on Plynlimon.

6.8 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo of Llyn Clywedog, a reservoir near Llanidloes, the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

Llyn Clywedog

Reservoir near Llanidloes

Long reservoir in the hills above Llanidloes, held back by Britain's tallest concrete buttress dam of its era.

7 km NW

Photo along the Cambrian Way, a 298-mile long-distance path running from Cardiff to Conwy, Wales.Highlight

Cambrian Way

Long-distance path

The mountain connoisseur's route over the roof of Wales — Cardiff to Conwy by way of the Bannau, the Cambrian wilderness and Eryri.

12.8 km NW · spans 9 counties

Photo of Source of the Severn, a landmark near Machynlleth, the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

Source of the Severn

Landmark near Machynlleth

Waymarked walk through Hafren Forest to the boggy source of Britain's longest river on the flank of Pumlumon.

14.2 km W