Hay-on-Wye
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 A second-hand bookshop | |
  Hay-on-Wye Location within Powys | |
| Population | 1,675 (Community, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO225425 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR3 |
| Dialling code | 01497 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Hay-on-Wye, or simply Hay (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll; Welsh pronunciation: [ə ˈɡɛɬi ˈgandrɪɬ] or simply Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire.[2] 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 community had a population of 1,675 at the 2021 census.
The town is twinned with Redu, a village in the Belgian municipality of Libin, and with Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.[3]
Hay-on-Wye was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017.[4]
- ^ "Hay community". City Population. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Hay-on-Wye Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. 2013.
- ^ Hay-on-Wye is twinned with Timbuktu, BBC News, 7 February 2007, 15:53 GMT, accessed 8 February 2007.
- ^ "These towns have been named as the best places to live in Wales". Walesonline.co.uk. Wales Online. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.