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NEWTOWN VISITOR INFORMATION

Newtown is a large Market Town in Powys, accessible from the West on the  A489, and from North or from the South on the A483.

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SHOPS AND SERVICES

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ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS

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WEATHER INFORMATION

CURRENT WEATHER MAP

LIGHTNING TRACKER

TRAVEL INFORMATION

TRAIN SERVICES

Newtown is a manned station with limited parking.

Tickets are available by a platform office & machine.

There are toilet facilities.

TRAIN LINES OF WALES

Map showing the train network for Wales

WELSHPOOL & LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY

BUS SERVICES

A town bus service operates around Welshpool roughly once an hour.

FREE WEEKEND BUS TRAVEL ACROSS WALES

ROUTE MAP

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BUS SERVICES

Trawscymru offer free weekend transport on Saturdays and Sundays for all journeys starting in Wales on the above routes

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WELSHPOOL AIRPORT

Welshpool Airport is situated just outside of town and close by to Powis Castle. It is home to the Wales Air Ambulance and has its own Fixed-wing & Helicopter flying school. There is also an on-site Cafe for pilots, visitors and the public.

MEDICAL INFORMATION

MEDICAL CONTACT INFORMATION

Find the telephone numbers in the box or choose the link to the websites below

CAMPING INFORMATION

CAMPING & CARAVANNING SITES

There are many campsites available  in the area.

Use the buttons below to go to their websites.

LOCAL PLACES TO VISIT

NEWTOWN TEXTILE MUSUEM

ROBERT OWEN MUSUEM

MONTGOMERYSHIRE CANAL

Always lots to do on the Montgomeryshire Canal, Canal Boat Hire & Pleasure Trips, Canoeing and Kayaking, Fishing, Locks, Walking, Birdwatching, and the Powysland Museum.

GLANSEVERN HALL & GARDENS

DOLFORWYN CASTLE

MONTGOMERY CASTLE

AIRPORTS & AIRFIELDS

If Aviation is your thing, then Wales is the place to be.

Wales only has one International Airport which is in Swansea, but there are many smaller airports and airfields that provide a range of pleasure flights and flight training both for Aeroplanes and Helicopters.

Welshpool (Mid-Wales) airport is the base of the Air Ambulances, it also has a great cafe at the side of the runway which is open to visitors.

The military has a big presence in Wales, from Fast Jet Training flights from the Valley in Anglesey and through the 'Mach Loop', to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) at Aberporth. We might even be getting a Space Port!

YOU CAN'T GET ANY CLOSER THAN THIS !

The 'Mach Loop'

Grab your camera's, binnoculars, sunglasses and ear-plugs.
You can't get much closer than this !

The 'Mach Loop' enables you to get up close and personal to view or photograph Military Fast Jets, Transport Planes and Helicopters as they fly through just feet away.
Come and wave to the Pilots !

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Watch Gary Gough's guide video for visiting the Mach Loop.

LOCAL MAPS

TELEVISION & RADIO

WOO - TV

Visitors staying in the area might be a little disappointed when they turn on their televisions, where most areas of the UK have up to 99 television channels, we have only a few. We have the old basics BBC 1, 2, 4, / ITV 1,2, 3, X / Ch4, Ch5, More 4, Film 4 plus a few 'Plus 1' channels, but don't expect to be able to watch Quest, Pick or Dave.

Radio too can be intermittent due to the hills, Digital radio is very rare, and channels are few.

But if you have an internet connection, you can view most TV channels and listen to your favourite radio using WOO-TV

Click the picture to start.

LOCAL EVENTS

EBOOKS

CARRY YOUR ENTIRE LIBRARY WITH YOU

More and more Authors are now producing their work as ebooks or audiobooks.

Electronic Book Readers are now cheap, easy to use and growing in popularity, they come in a range of sizes and can be read in sunlight, ebooks are ideal for those lazy holiday days on the beach or those long haul flights or train journeys.

There are now hundreds of thousands of books available, many are also available in audiobook format so you can listen to them rather than read.

If you do not have a ebook reader, you can read them on a computer, tablet or mobile phone.

BOOKS BY PAUL S. MEDLAND

A local author who writes various genre's

CALL - RED - MAJOR

Non-fiction Biographical.
The memoirs of an Ambulance man.
Why he joined, the training he undertook, the work he was involved in, the laughter, the sadness and tears, and the lasting stress that lingered a lifetime. 

HOME SAFETY HANDBOOK

Non-fiction.
A manual highlighting the many unseen dangers in the home. Checklists and many safety ideas to protect your family.

EUGENICUS

CONSPIRACY THRILLER
A secretive ancient organization is intent on mass depopulation by flooding London. Can a family stop them before they are found and eliminated themselves?

EUGENICUS II

CONSPIRACY THRILLER
After hiding away in the Australian Outback for ten years, the family find that the murderous 'Knights of Silence' have returned, with a new plot of mass murder.

EUGENICUS III

CONSPIRACY THRILLER
In this 3rd book of the series, the deadly Knights of Silence have resurrected, this time on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.

FORTY YEARS TOMORROW

Faction.
Abducted from a camping trip in his mid teens, he is returned, back to the same place. The issue is, it is now forty years later, but he hasn't gained a day. Its certainly a strange world to what he knew.

Cathy Beech

Singer, Songwriter & Vocal Coach