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Explore Whitton in United Kingdom
Whitton in the region of Wales is a place in United Kingdom - some 137 mi or ( 220 km ) North-West of London , the country's capital city .
Time in Whitton is now 02:55 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Woonton, Wolverhampton, New Radnor, Newcastle, and Manchester. Since you are here already, consider visiting Woonton . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Whitton ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Knighton Rotary Club at Knighton Show 2010
Take a look at this link for a much better definition video: vimeo.com Annual Knighton Show and Festival, August Bank Holiday 2010 ..
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Hiking and camping along the historic Offa's Dyke Trail, on the England -Wales border. The scenery, the boredom, the crap food and constant whining of a two-day, 45 kilometre hike from Knighton to Hay ..
Marches Intro Welcome
Text and graphic driven intro to Marches.TV, a new website for the Welsh Marches Region of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Powys, launching in May 2009. ..
Bucknell Tomodea's photos around Bucknell, United Kingdom (jess the jester warwick castle)
Preview of Tomodea's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these vide ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Pilleth
Pilleth is a small village south of Knighton in Powys, Wales. It is the site of the ancient church and holy well of St. Mary’s which stands on Bryn Glas Hill overlooking the River Lugg, as it makes it way to Presteigne.
Located at 52.31 -3.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Battle of Bryn Glas
The Battle of Bryn Glas, (sometimes referred to in English accounts as the Battle of Pilleth - although Bryn Glas translates as green or blue hill) was fought on 22 June 1402, near the towns of Knighton and Presteigne in Powys. It was a great victory for the Welsh rebels under Owain Glyndŵr, and it resulted in the prolongation of the Welsh rebellion and the destabilisation of English politics for several years afterwards.
Located at 52.31 -3.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Stanage Park
Stanage Park is a park located some 3 miles east of Knighton, Powys and near the settlement of Heartsease. It is an outstanding picturesque parkland laid out by Humphry Repton. The last and most complete of his three recognized Welsh landscape commissions. Repton's picturesque parkland improvements, castellated house and enclosed garden survive almost intact and are recorded in a 'Red Book', still kept at the house.
Located at 52.32 -3.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Radnorshire Arms
The Radnorshire Arms is a well-preserved Jacobean building in the Welsh border town of Presteigne, in Powys, and the hub of its tourist industry. It is unique for an extensive network of subterranean passages and dungeons, used during the English civil war for the torture of Parliamentarian sympathisers by William Vavasour, the Royalist governor of Hereford. It also sits on one of the earliest sewers in Wales which is now kept on permanent display for visitors.
Located at 52.27 -3.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork, roughly followed by some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to 65 feet wide (including its flanking ditch) and 8 feet high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys. Research in recent decades has dispelled many of the earlier theories and ideas about the earthwork.
Located at 52.34 -3.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
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