Gungrog is a semi-rural ridge and common-land area on the eastern edge of Welshpool in Powys, Wales. It’s prized locally for open moorland, woodland and walking routes that give broad views down the Severn Valley and towards the Berwyns, reflecting its long use as grazing and community common land within historic Montgomeryshire.
Today Gungrog has a mix of housing and farmland and sits close to the market town’s amenities, the nearby Montgomery Canal and rail links, so local life combines agriculture, outdoor recreation and commuting to nearby centres such as Shrewsbury. Its value is largely social and recreational rather than industrial, making it a green fringe that helps define the character of Welshpool.
Postcode districts covering Gungrog
Most populated places nearby
- Shrewsbury 15.5 miles
- Rhosllannerchrugog 23.7 miles
- Oswestry 13.2 miles
- Oswestry Rural 11.6 miles
- Newtown 13.5 miles
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn 13 miles
Neighbouring places
- Welshpool Gungrog Ward 0.9 miles
- Welshpool Built-up area 1 mile
- Welshpool Llanerchyddol Ward 1.8 miles
- Trelystan and Trewern Ward 2 miles
- Guilsfield Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Welshpool Castle Ward 2.5 miles
- Trewern Parish 2.5 miles
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan Parish 3.2 miles
- Forden Built-up area 3.8 miles
- Arddleen Built-up area 4.6 miles
- Llandrinio Parish 4.8 miles
- Castle Caereinion Parish 5.2 miles
Example postcodes in Gungrog
SY21 7FA, SY21 7XG, SY21 7NU, SY21 7NT, SY21 8SL, SY21 9JP, SY21 7FB, SY21 9HS, SY21 9HP … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 47.3 miles
- Manchester Airport 59 miles
- Welshpool Railway Station 1 mile
- Llynclys South Railway Station 9.9 miles
Hotels near Gungrog Ad
- The Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, Mid Wales 4 1.2 miles
- Rowton Castle Hotel 9 miles
- The Lion Hotel 7.4 miles
- The Dragon Hotel 5 7.6 miles
- The Kings Head 6.1 miles
- Old New Inn, Llanfyllin 9.2 miles
Local points of interest
- Welshpool Stadium 1.2 miles
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 1.3 miles
- Powis Castle Estate 2.2 miles
- Osbaston Wood Forest 9.6 miles
- Llanllugan Abbey Historic site 12 miles
- Aston Hall Estate 12.4 miles
- Llwydiarth Park Estate 13.3 miles
- Latham Park Stadium 13.7 miles
- Clun Forest Forest 14 miles
- Park Hall Stadium 14.8 miles
- Kerry Hill Hill 15 miles
- Greenhous Meadow Stadium 15.8 miles