Rhydypennau, Ceredigion

Rhydypennau
Rhydypennau, taken from Rhiw Baker looking north towards Tal-y-bont
Rhydypennau is located in Ceredigion
Rhydypennau
Rhydypennau
Location within Ceredigion
Population2,258 [1]
OS grid referenceSN6285
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBOW STREET
Postcode districtSY24
Dialling code01970
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Ceredigion
52°27′14″N 4°01′11″W / 52.453889°N 4.019722°W / 52.453889; -4.019722

Rhydypennau is a hamlet in the Genau'r-glyn district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 4+12 miles (7.2 km) north-east of Aberystwyth.[2] Along with the village of Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau is now often considered to be part of the neighbouring village of Bow Street. All three places stretch in a long narrow strip along the main Aberystwyth to Machynlleth road (A487).

  1. ^ Total population of Genau’r Glyn (Borth) ("Census, 2001".)
  2. ^ Davies, Elwyn, Rhestr o Enwau Lleoedd/A Gazetteer of Welsh Place-Names (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales Press, Caerdydd/Cardiff, 1958), p. 104