Hay-on-Wye

Local nameY Gelli Gandryll
LocationHay on Wye, UK

Hay-on-Wye, known locally as Hay, is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of the annual Hay Festival.

The population of the town in 1841 was 1,455; this had grown to 1,680 by 1901. The town has grown little since, with 2018 estimates at 1,900. The built-up area includes Cusop across the border in Herefordshire, England and has a population of around 2,000.The town is twinned with Redu, a village in the Belgian municipality of Libin, and with Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.Hay-on-Wye was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay-on-Wye

Address 11 Church Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5DQ, United Kingdom

Coordinates 52°4'20.964" N -3°7'46.72" E

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