Three Cocks is a small village in central Powys, Wales, tucked into the Wye valley close to Glasbury and not far from the market town of Hay-on-Wye. It sits near the confluence of the River Llynfi and the River Wye, with easy access to the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons National Park, and takes its curious name from a long‑standing coaching inn and the heraldic three cocks linked to the nearby Gwernyfed estate.
The village’s history was shaped in part by the railway era – the now‑defunct Three Cocks Junction once connected local agriculture and industry to wider markets – and today it remains a quiet rural community whose economy leans on farming, small‑scale tourism and commuters. Visitors are drawn by riverside walks, fishing and the nearby historic parkland of Gwernyfed Park, while locally there’s a mixture of Welsh and English cultural influences typical of the border uplands.
Postcode districts covering Three Cocks
Most populated places nearby
- Hereford 21.2 miles34.2 km
- Merthyr Tydfil 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Pontypool 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Ebbw Vale 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Ebbw Vale North 16.8 miles27 km
- Ebbw Vale South 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Aberdare 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Aberdare East 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Aberdare West 23.7 miles38.2 km
- Blackwood 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Brynmawr 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Tredegar 17.6 miles28.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Gwernyfed Parish 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Bronllys Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Talgarth Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Glasbury Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Llanigon Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
- Felin-fach Parish 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Hay Parish 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Hay-on-Wye Built-up area 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Clyro Built-up area 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Cusop Parish 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Bronllys and Felin-fach Ward 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Llangors Built-up area 6.2 miles10 km
Example postcodes in Three Cocks
LD3 0SB, LD3 0SE, LD3 0SD, LD3 0RT, LD3 0SX, LD3 0SG, LD3 0SQ
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 43.9 miles70.6 km
- Bristol Airport 49.2 miles79.2 km
- Builth Road Railway Station 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Cilmeri Railway Station 13.5 miles21.8 km
Hotels near Three Cocks Ad
- Foyles of Glasbury 5 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Three Cocks Hotel 4 0.5 miles0.7 km
- The Harp Inn 3 1.5 miles2.4 km
- The Cock Hotel 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Llangoed Hall 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- The Castle Hotel 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Roast Ox Inn 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Swan at Hay Hotel 4 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Wellington 3 9.4 miles15.2 km
Schools in Three Cocks
- Gwernyfed High School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Black Mountains Mountains 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Flits National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.1 miles21.2 km
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 14 miles22.6 km
- Brecon Beacons Mountains 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Mynydd Eppynt Mountains 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Blaenavon World Heritage Centre Museum 18.3 miles29.5 km