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Rooms From: £ 53
Lanfair Road, Welshpool, SY21 9AF
Golfa Hall is a country house situated in eight acres of gardens.
Until recently the Golfa Hall was a listed farmhouse on the Powis Castle Estate. Commanding views to the south. The Hall offers a really warm welcome throughout the year with excellent comfort, hospitality, quality welshfare and imaginative wines. we also offer a japanese menu (advance booking required for this) We are set in 8 acres of garden - the atmoshere is quiet and relaxing
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Eastern Montgomeryshire's chief town of WELSHPOOL (Y Trallwng), seven miles north of Montgomery, was formerly known as just Pool, its prefix added in 1835 to distinguish it from the English seaside town of Poole in Dorset. Welshpool lies in the valley of the River Severn, just three miles from the English border, and was dependent largely upon the patronage of English landlords and kings. As a result, the town never developed a very Welsh character, but it's an attractive place to visit, with a number of attractive Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings in the centre, and the sumptuous Powis Castle nearby.
Along Severn Street from the train station , a hump-backed bridge over the much-restored Montgomery Canal hides the wharf, from where gaudily painted boats will chug you up the navigable section for a few miles and a couple of hours (tel 01938/553271; £4.25). Nearby, a carefully restored warehouse contains the Powysland Museum (May-Sept Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 11am-1pm & 2-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-1pm & 2-5pm; Oct-April Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 11am-1pm & 2-5pm, Sat 2-5pm £1). The impressive local history collection includes archeological nuggets such as those from an old local woodhenge and displays medieval remains from the now obliterated local Cistercian abbey of Strata Marcella.
From the Royal Oak Hotel , at the centre of town, follow Broad Street - which changes name five times as it rises up the hill - towards the tiny Raven Square terminus station of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (April-Oct weekends; Easter, Whitsun week and June-Aug daily; generally 2 trains a day; tel 01938/810441; return ticket £8.50). The eight-mile narrow-gauge rail line was open to passengers for less than thirty years prior to its closure in 1931. Now, scaled-down engines once more chuff their way along to the peaceful little village of Llanfair Caereinion , a good base for daytime walks, with good pub food at the Goat Hotel . The post office, opposite the church, stocks free leaflets of some good local circular walks.
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