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    Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll; Welsh pronunciation: [ə ˈɡɛɬi ˈgandrɪɬ]), known locally as Hay (Welsh: Y Gelli), is a market town and community in...
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    The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, better known as the Hay Festival (Welsh: Gŵyl Y Gelli), is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys...
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    the Wye is in the Welsh mountains at Plynlimon. It flows through or past several towns and villages, including Rhayader, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford...
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    Offa's Dyke Path (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    Hatterrall Ridge is the highest point on the trail at 703 m (2,310 ft) Black Mountains Llanthony Priory Hay-on-Wye Newchurch Gladestry Hergest Ridge with...
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    Brecknockshire (category No local image but image on Wikidata)
    main towns were Brecon, Beaufort, Brynmawr, Builth Wells, Crickhowell, Hay-on-Wye, Llanelly, Llanwrtyd Wells, Rassau, Talgarth, Vaynor and Ystradgynlais...
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    Hay Castle (Welsh: Castell y Gelli) is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. Originally...
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    Hay was a railway station serving the town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales, although the station was located just across the English border in Herefordshire...
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  • Hay Bridge spans the River Wye at Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. Preceding the rebuild, the bridge was partly of stone and partly of wood, which itself replaced...
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    Limited. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2019. Nadeau, Sophie (26 February 2018). "Hay-on-Wye Guide: The Adorably Cute Book...
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    Black Mountains, United Kingdom (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    within a triangle defined by the towns of Abergavenny in the southeast, Hay-on-Wye in the north and the village of Llangors in the west. Other gateway towns...
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    festival HowTheLightGetsIn in the book town of Hay-on-wye. The IAI's festival HowTheLightGetsIn is held in Hay-on-Wye in May and in London at Kenwood House, Hampstead...
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    Herefordshire, England, and practising in Hay-on-Wye, on the border of England and Wales, from 1906 until his arrest on 31 December 1921 for the attempted murder...
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    Hay-on-Wye before reaching the England-Wales border and becoming a broader vale through Hereford. The lower part of the valley meanders past Ross-on-Wye...
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    Dent signed a two-book deal with Hodder; Diary of a Snob was launched at Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival in June 2009. The rights were acquired for TV by Nickelodeon...
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    34-mile (55 km) footpath by 1981. During the 1980s, gaps between Ross-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye and Rhayader were integrated into the pathway, forming a 112-mile...
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    Hay Bluff which is marked by a triangulation pillar at a height of 677 metres (2,221 ft) overlooks the middle Wye Valley and the book town of Hay-on-Wye...
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    book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns. Hay-on-Wye, Wales (1962) Redu, Belgium (1984) Dalmellington, Scotland (1997, though...
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    Powys (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    lie the Cambrian Mountains, where the River Severn and River Wye both have their source on the Powys side of the Plynlimon massif; together with their...
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  • England Hay Bluff, Wales Hay Urban District, Wales, a former urban district Hay-on-Wye, in Wales on the English-Welsh border Hay (surname) Háy, a Hungarian...
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    Three Cocks (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    mouth of the Afon Llynfi which enters the River Wye a mile from the village. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye some 5 miles (8.5 km) to the northeast. The curious...
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    Golden Valley (Herefordshire) (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    hand. The last remaining toll bridge in Herefordshire at Whitney-on-Wye leads to Hay-on-Wye. A plaque written in Welsh and dated 1574 was discovered during...
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    The Hay Railway was a narrow gauge horse-drawn tramway in the district surrounding Hay-on-Wye in Brecknockshire, Wales. The railway connected Eardisley...
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  • Glasbury (redirect from Glasbury on Wye)
    between the communities of Glasbury and Gwernyfed. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 4 miles (6 km) to the north east. The nearest city is Hereford in...
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    one new song, "Alright". A reunion show was held in Hay-on-Wye on 27 May 2007, part of the Hay-on-Wye Festival, with Stuart Moxham's website explaining:...
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    Richard Booth (category People from Hay-on-Wye)
    contribution to the success of Hay-on-Wye as a centre for second-hand bookselling and founder of The Kingdom of Hay-on-Wye, a micronation that claims the...
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  • Scottish history from University of Edinburgh and divides her time between Hay-on-Wye and North Essex. Erskine is the author of a number of bestselling novels...
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    Herefordshire, England, located between Hereford and Hay-on-Wye. In 1961 the parish had a population of 64. On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged...
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    Herefordshire (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    Gloucester Railway; Ross & Monmouth Railway; Hereford to Hay-on-Wye; Pontrilas to Hay-on-Wye; Hay-on-Wye to Brecon; Leominster to New Radnor; Eardisley to Presteigne;...
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    Twmpa (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    4.34 miles (7 km) south of Hay-on-Wye. To the northeast lies the Gospel Pass through which runs a minor road between Hay and the Llanthony Valley. A...
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    Flannel (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    flannel was made particularly in towns such as Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Hay on Wye, and Llanidloes. The expansion of its production is closely associated...
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