Llanllwchaiarn

Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn (Welsh: Y Drenewydd a Llanllwchaearn) is a local government community in mid Powys, Wales. It includes the town of Newtown and the small neighbouring village of Llanllwchaiarn. At the time of the 2011 census the population of the community was 11,357. The community council is called Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council, often abbreviated to Newtown Town Council.

The Back Lane drill hall is a former military installation in Newtown, Wales.

Montgomery County Infirmary (Welsh: Ysbyty Sir Drefaldwyn) is a health facility in Llanfair Road, Newtown, Powys, Wales. It is managed by the Powys Teaching Health Board.

The Cambrian Mills was a complex of woollen mill buildings in Newtown, Powys, Wales, that operated from 1856 to 1912, when they were destroyed by fire. At one time the mill complex was the largest woollen daddy in Wales. The mills owed their success to the pioneering mail order business of the local Newtown draper Pryce Pryce-Jones. In the longer term they were unable to compete with woollen mills in northern England due to the cost of importing coal to power the machinery and the lack of rail links to their natural market in the south of Wales.

Newtown (Welsh: Y Drenewydd) is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It was designated a new town in 1967 and saw population growth as firms settled, changing its market town character. Its 2001 population of 10,780 rose to 11,357 in the 2011 census, and rose again to 11,362 in the 2021 census.Newtown was the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771, whose house stood on the present site of the HSBC Bank. The town has a theatre, Theatr Hafren, and a public gallery, Oriel Davies, displaying contemporary arts and crafts. It is the largest town in Powys and Mid Wales.

Newtown railway station (Welsh: Y Drenewydd) is a railway station serving Newtown, Powys, Wales.

Latham Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Newtown, Wales. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Newtown A.F.C. The stadium holds 5,000 people and is named after Wales international footballer George Latham (1881–1939), who began his footballing career at the club.In the late 1940s, the Officials and General Committee of Newtown A.F.C. decided a new venue had to be constructed. Latham Park opened in August 1951, and it has been the home of Newtown A.F.C. since. The first competitive game at the stadium took place on 25 August, 1951, between Newtown and Aberystwyth, with Newtown winning with 4 - 0, in the Central Wales League, with the stadium housing 1,211 spectators.The site's largest number of spectators was for a 28 June 1956 game, between Newtown and Swansea City in the Welsh Cup, with 5,004 attendees. The stadium has also hosted the first non-league international between Wales and England, as well as some UEFA Youth Internationals.The stadium's capacity is 5,000, with 210 seats in the original stand and a covered section for 500 attendees. During the 1997/98 football season, a 400-seat stand was completed. In July 1996, the venue staged a UEFA Cup fixture.The stadium was fitted with floodlights and re-opened on 24 September 1979, as the club played against Wrexham. It was hoped that the floodlights would allow more games to be hosted.The stadium's Control Techniques stand contains 420 covered seats, as well as the dressing rooms used by the club and for general community use. The old stand along Llanidloes Road was also renovated with new seating.A further stand has been constructed at the Llanidloes Road "Allotment End" side of the ground and the old "Shed" stand has been improved with new seating as well as new dug out facilities. The function room and social club has also seen a new extension built on to the club house. During the 2004/05 season, the club house underwent an extention, as a new function room was built, with a capacity of 200. The site's floodlights were upgraded, and a new pitch drainage system installed.In October 2009 a new media room with balcony was added, which also acts as an exclusive sponsors lounge on club match days.In early 2004, the site was the first club stadium in the Welsh Premier to be awarded a UEFA Licence. Following the awarding, the club has hosted UEFA cup ties of Newtown, against Skonto Riga (1996) and Wisła Kraków (1998), as well as U21, U18 and U15 internationals, full ladies internationals, and Champions League and UEFA ties for other Welsh Premier Clubs. The Welsh Cup final has been hosted on two occasions at the ground and the Welsh League Cup final eight times.It was sponsored by 2016, by Mid Wales Leisure, as Mid Wales Leisure Latham Park. The ground is currently sponsored by Paveways and is known as Paveways Latham Park. In March 2014, the club announced they were to replace their pitch with an artificial one, costing £440,000. In July 2014, the stadium's pitch was changed to a "third generation" artificial turf, this made the club, the 2nd Welsh Premier League club, after The New Saints, to change their grass turf for this new type of turf. The new surface allowed the renting of the pitch to other junior clubs and organisations, as well as for community activities. Funding for the new pitch was provided the Football Association of Wales and from Sport Wales.In 2019, the stadium hosted matches of the Welsh Trophy and Welsh Cup. In 2021, the site did not meet criteria to host European matches.

Newtown High School is a secondary comprehensive school for boys and girls. The school is based on two campuses in the towns of Newtown and Presteigne in Powys. It caters for pupils aged 11 – 18 years (KS3 and KS4).

Newtown West (formerly Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West or Llanllwchaiarn West) is the name of an electoral ward in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales.

Newtown Central was the name of a county electoral ward in the town of Newtown, Powys, Wales. It remains as a community ward to Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council.

The Brimmon Oak is a veteran tree in Newtown, Powys, Wales. A pedunculate oak (sometimes called "English oak"), it is thought to be around 500 years old and has been on land farmed by the same family since the 1600s. The tree was scheduled to be felled as part of the construction of the A483 Newtown Bypass in 2015 but was saved as the result of a petition. The tree was named both Welsh and British Tree of the Year for 2016 and was runner up in the European Tree of the Year awards of 2017.

St Llwchaiarn's church, Llanllwchaiarn was the parish church of Llanllwchaiarn, now within the community of Newtown with Llanllwchaiarn and lies within the historic county of Montgomeryshire in Powys. The church occupies a position on rising ground overlooking the river Severn and is to the north east of Newtown. The present church was rebuilt in 1816. In 2011 the medieval carved screen, originally from St Mary's church in Newtown, was re-positioned in Llanllwchaiarn church