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Photo of Newtown, a village in the Powys, mid Wales.

© David Smith / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Newtown grew on the Severn as a centre of the Welsh flannel trade, its riverside mills — the Cambrian chief among them — turning out woollen cloth through the 18th and 19th centuries. It’s also the birthplace, in 1771, of the reformer and mill-owner Robert Owen, remembered in a small museum in the town. The station sits just south of the centre.

More places to visit near Newtown

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.

0.3 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo of the Shropshire Hills, a National Landscape in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shropshire Hills

National Landscape near Little Stretton

Heather ridges and rocky tops rising over the Welsh border, from the Long Mynd's plateau to the Wrekin's landmark cone

8.6 km SE

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.

9.9 km S · Powys

Photo of Berriew, a village in the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

Berriew

Village

Black-and-white timbered village between Welshpool and Newtown where the River Rhiw meets the Severn.

12.2 km NE · Powys

Photo of Montgomery, a village in the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

Montgomery

Village

Small Georgian border town beneath a ruined hilltop castle, with panoramic views and a compact conservation-area centre.

12.4 km NE · Powys

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

13.9 km NE · spans 8 counties