Montgomery
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 View of Montgomery with Montgomery Castle in the background | |
  Montgomery Location within Powys | |
| Population | 1,295 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO221967 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MONTGOMERY |
| Postcode district | SY15 |
| Dialling code | 01686 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Montgomery (Welsh: Trefaldwyn ; translates as the town of Baldwin) is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Montgomeryshire to which it gives its name, and it is within the Welsh Marches border area. The town centre lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the England–Wales border. Montgomery Castle was started in 1223 and its parish church in 1227. Other locations in the town include The Old Bell Museum, the Offa's Dyke Path, the Robber's Grave and the town wall.[2] The large Iron Age hill fort of Ffridd Faldwyn is sited northwest of the town and west of the Castle.
In the 2011 census, the community of Montgomery had a population of 1,295. The community includes Hen Domen.
- ^ "Town population 2011". Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Ann and John Welton The Story of Montgomery Logaston Press 2003, 2nd revised edition 2010