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 miles
- Oswestry 20 miles
- Oswestry Rural 18.4 miles
- Newtown 6.9 miles
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn 6.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Llanfair Caereinion Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Tregynon Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Berriew and Castle Caereinion Ward 3.3 miles
- Bettws Parish 3.5 miles
- Dwyriw Parish 3.7 miles
- Rhiwcynon Ward 3.7 miles
- Castle Caereinion Parish 3.8 miles
- Berriew Built-up area 4.6 miles
- Dolforwyn Ward 4.7 miles
- Llanfair Caereinion and Llanerfyl Ward 4.9 miles
- Llangyniew Parish 5.6 miles
- Abermule Built-up area 5.7 miles
Example postcodes in Manafon
SY21 8BJ, SY16 3BS, SY21 8BS, SY16 3BP, SY16 3NG, SY21 8QU, SY16 3NQ, SY16 3NL, SY16 3NJ … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 53.4 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 66.7 miles
- Newtown Railway Station 6.9 miles
- Welshpool Railway Station 7.9 miles
Hotels near Manafon Ad
- The Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, Mid Wales 4 7.7 miles
- The Dragon Hotel 5 7.8 miles
- The Elephant & Castle Hotel 3 6.6 miles
- The Kings Head 7.2 miles
- The Bell Hotel 6.5 miles
Local points of interest
- Llanllugan Abbey Historic site 3.4 miles
- Powis Castle Estate 6.6 miles
- Latham Park Stadium 7 miles
- Welshpool Stadium 7.7 miles
- Caersws FC Stadium 8.5 miles
- Llwydiarth Park Estate 8.8 miles
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 9.9 miles
- Kerry Hill Hill 10.4 miles
- Clun Forest Forest 12.6 miles
- Cambrian Mountains Mountains 15.7 miles
- Osbaston Wood Forest 17.4 miles
- Berwyn Mountains 17.9 miles