Berriew
Encyclopedia
Berriew is a village
in Powys
, Wales
, situated on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the river Rhiw near the confluence
(Welsh: aber) with the River Severn
(Welsh
: Afon Hafren
)
at . The village has won several 'Best Kept Village' awards - although the scheme has now been discontinued.
which is used regularly. The village primary school is placed towards the road leading to Castle Caereinion
.
Past the Talbot pub & restaurant is the football
pitch and tennis court
s. There are two pubs in the village centre - the Talbot, mentioned above, and the Lion hotel. There is also the Horseshoes, a little way out of the village.
Glansevern Hall and Gardens are adjacent to the village.
A golf range has been proposed and is under consideration for planning permission
(July 2008).
The village post office
at the corner shop, closed on Monday 20th October, 2008, and a new outreach service opened in the SPAR
Stores shop also in the village a day later on the 21st October, 2008.
Berriew is the home of Berriew Football Club
.
Mirror-artist and sculptor, Andrew Logan
, bought the village squash courts and converted the building into The Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture.
The church is dedicated to St.Beuno
, reputed to have been born in the village.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, situated on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the river Rhiw near the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
(Welsh: aber) with the River Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...
(Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
: Afon Hafren
Hafren
Hafren is the name of a mythical person in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudo-history Historia Regum Britanniae...
)
at . The village has won several 'Best Kept Village' awards - although the scheme has now been discontinued.
Main facilities in Berriew
Situated outside the village on the way to Brooks/Bettws is the village bowling greenBowling green
A bowling green is a finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of lawn for playing the game of lawn bowls.Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on them...
which is used regularly. The village primary school is placed towards the road leading to Castle Caereinion
Castle Caereinion railway station
Castle Caereinion railway station is a railway station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. It serves the tiny village of Castle Caereinion....
.
Past the Talbot pub & restaurant is the football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
pitch and tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s. There are two pubs in the village centre - the Talbot, mentioned above, and the Lion hotel. There is also the Horseshoes, a little way out of the village.
Glansevern Hall and Gardens are adjacent to the village.
A golf range has been proposed and is under consideration for planning permission
Planning permission
Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building , but will also need "planning...
(July 2008).
The village post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
at the corner shop, closed on Monday 20th October, 2008, and a new outreach service opened in the SPAR
SPAR
Spar , trades from approximately 12400 stores in 34 countries worldwide and is the world's largest independent voluntary retail trading chain. Spar was founded in the Netherlands in 1932 by retailer Adriaan Van Well and now, through its affiliate organisations, operates through most European...
Stores shop also in the village a day later on the 21st October, 2008.
Berriew is the home of Berriew Football Club
Berriew F.C.
Berriew F.C. is a Welsh football team based in Berriew. They play in the Mid Wales Football League, which is in the third level of the Welsh football league system. The Reserves play in the Montgomeryshire Amateur League-External links:*...
.
Mirror-artist and sculptor, Andrew Logan
Andrew Logan
Andrew Logan is an English sculptor, performance artist, jewellery-maker, portraitist and painter.He was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, in England. He was educated as an architect at the Oxford School of Architecture, graduating in 1970...
, bought the village squash courts and converted the building into The Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture.
The church is dedicated to St.Beuno
Beuno
Saint Beuno was a 7th-century Welsh holy man and Abbot of Clynnog Fawr in Gwynedd, on the Llŷn peninsula.-Life:Beuno was born in Powys, supposedly at Berriew, the grandson of a prince of that realm. After education and ordination in the monastery of Bangor-on-Dee in north-east Wales, he became an...
, reputed to have been born in the village.