Hay-on-Wye, Powys - Gospel Pass - Judges postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Gospel Pass, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, mid Wales
• Publisher:  Judges of Hastings
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Gospel Pass (Welsh: Bwlch yr Efengyl) is the highest road pass in Wales. It is at the head of the Vale of Ewyas in the Black Mountains of southeast Wales.^[1] The narrow mountain road climbs steeply from Hay-on-Wye to a height of 549m ^[2] above sea level, squeezing between the mountains of Twmpa to the west and Hay Bluff to the east, before dropping down into the valley to the south on its way to Llanthony Priory, Llanfihangel Crucorney and Abergavenny.

The name is supposed to derive from the passage through here in the 12th century of Crusaders preaching and fundraising. At one time a small lead-mining operation was established at the pass.^[3] The Gospel Pass is one of the most celebrated locations within the Brecon Beacons National Park, being a popular destination for sightseers and is popular too with walkers and cyclists. Indeed the Gospel Pass road forms a part of route 42 of the National Cycle Network.

Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll), often described as ""the town of books"", is a small market town and community in Powys, Wales.

The town lies on the east bank of the River Wye and is within the Brecon Beacons National Park, just north of the Black Mountains. The town is situated just within the Welsh side of the border with Herefordshire, England, which is defined by the Dulas Brook at this stretch. Where the brook joins the River Wye just to the north of the town, the border continues north along the river. Hay has approximately 1,900 inhabitants. The village of Cusop lies on the other side of the Dulas Brook and is in England. The nearest city is Hereford, county town of Herefordshire, some 22 miles (35 km) to the east.

The town was formerly served by Hay-on-Wye railway station by the train services known as the Canney Creeper, which closed in 1963 under the infamous Beeching Axe.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=wales

county/ country=breconshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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