Aberhafesp is a small rural parish and village in Powys, Wales, tucked into the Severn valley a short drive from the market town of Newtown. The landscape is gently rolling farmland and wooded river banks around the River Severn, with narrow lanes, stone cottages and scattered farms that give it a peaceful, accessible countryside feel.
The community retains a strongly agricultural character - sheep and livestock farming and some forestry have long dominated the local economy - and village life centres on a historic parish church and a modest community hall. Its history is tied to the old county of Montgomeryshire, and the area is popular with walkers and people seeking rural tranquillity while remaining within reach of services in nearby towns.
Postcode districts covering Aberhafesp
Most populated places nearby
- Oswestry Rural 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Newtown 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn 3.2 miles5.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Caersws Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Newtown West Ward 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Rhiwcynon Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Newtown Central and South Ward 3 miles4.9 km
- Newtown Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Parish 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Tregynon Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Newtown North Ward 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Bettws Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Mochdre Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Llandinam Built-up area 4 miles6.4 km
- Newtown East Ward 4.1 miles6.6 km
Example postcodes in Aberhafesp
SY16 3JN, SY16 3JF, SY16 3HT, SY16 3HB, SY16 3JR, SY16 3HY, SY16 3JD, SY16 3JH, SY16 3HJ … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 59.6 miles95.8 km
- Birmingham International Airport 69 miles111.1 km
- Caersws Railway Station 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Newtown Railway Station 3.4 miles5.4 km
Hotels near Aberhafesp Ad
- The Elephant & Castle Hotel 3 3.1 miles5 km
- The Talbot Hotel 8.9 miles14.3 km
- The Bell Hotel 3.1 miles5 km
Local points of interest
- Caersws FC Stadium 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Latham Park Stadium 3 miles4.8 km
- Llanllugan Abbey Historic site 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Kerry Hill Hill 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Cambrian Mountains Mountains 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Clun Forest Forest 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Powis Castle Estate 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Llwydiarth Park Estate 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Welshpool Stadium 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Rhayader Stadium 17.1 miles27.6 km
- Plynlimon Mountains 17.4 miles28 km