Parish in Ceredigion, Wales
| Coordinates: | 52.352, -3.952 |
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| OS grid ref: | SN 67 74 |
| Dialling code: | 01970 (Aberystwyth) |
Trawsgoed is a small, rural parish in Ceredigion, Wales, lying a few miles south-east of Aberystwyth amid rolling hills and wooded parkland. The area is dominated by the historic country estate of Plas Trawsgoed, whose house, lakes and park give the locality a tucked-away, English-country-garden feel despite its upland setting.
Historically the estate has shaped local life and economy, with farming, forestry and estate management long the principal livelihoods and occasional opening of the grounds bringing a modest tourism angle. The community remains largely Welsh-speaking and dispersed across lanes and hamlets; its interest lies in the mix of antiquity and working agricultural landscape, plus the sense of continuity that comes from an estate-centred rural parish close to the foothills of the Cambrian hills.
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