Manafon is a small, sparsely populated rural parish in Powys, Wales, set amid rolling upland farmland, hedged fields and pockets of moorland. Settlement is scattered - farmsteads and a compact village cluster around an ancient parish church - so quiet lanes, wide skies and ridge-top views are the defining features of the local landscape.
Historically part of Montgomeryshire, the local economy remains rooted in agriculture, especially sheep and mixed livestock farming, with old stone houses and field patterns reflecting a long farming tradition. It attracts walkers and anyone seeking tranquillity rather than heavy tourism; community life is small-scale and neighbourly, centred on occasional village events and a strong sense of local identity.
Postcode districts covering Manafon
Most populated places nearby
- Shrewsbury 24.1 miles38.9 km
- Oswestry 20 miles32.2 km
- Oswestry Rural 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Newtown 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn 6.4 miles10.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Llanfair Caereinion Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Tregynon Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Berriew and Castle Caereinion Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Bettws Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Dwyriw Parish 3.7 miles6 km
- Rhiwcynon Ward 3.7 miles6 km
- Castle Caereinion Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Berriew Built-up area 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Dolforwyn Ward 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Llanfair Caereinion and Llanerfyl Ward 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Llangyniew Parish 5.6 miles9 km
- Abermule Built-up area 5.7 miles9.2 km
Example postcodes in Manafon
SY21 8BJ, SY16 3BP, SY16 3NH, SY21 8BS, SY21 8BW, SY21 8BP, SY16 3NW, SY21 8BL, SY16 3BS … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 53.4 miles85.9 km
- Birmingham International Airport 66.7 miles107.3 km
- Newtown Railway Station 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Welshpool Railway Station 7.9 miles12.7 km
Hotels near Manafon Ad
- The Talbot Hotel 4.7 miles7.6 km
- The Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, Mid Wales 4 7.7 miles12.3 km
- The Dragon Hotel 5 7.8 miles12.5 km
- The Elephant & Castle Hotel 3 6.6 miles10.7 km
- The Kings Head 7.2 miles11.6 km
- The Bell Hotel 6.5 miles10.5 km
Local points of interest
- Llanllugan Abbey Historic site 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Powis Castle Estate 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Latham Park Stadium 7 miles11.2 km
- Welshpool Stadium 7.7 miles12.5 km
- Caersws FC Stadium 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Llwydiarth Park Estate 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Kerry Hill Hill 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Clun Forest Forest 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Cambrian Mountains Mountains 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Osbaston Wood Forest 17.4 miles28 km
- Berwyn Mountains 17.9 miles28.9 km