Border Lands 
Arts culture & places of interest 

This page is for visitors to the area, The old County of Radnorshire is nestled in between Montgomeryshire to the north and Brecknockshire to the south, these are the three old counties which now form modern day Powys, with the Cambrian Mountains to the west and England on its eastern borde., We are none the less most certainly in Wales with Offas Dyke winding its way down from Knighton and crossing the river valey below the School, The border itself now runs just outside Presteigne to our east., These Borderlands and the English counteys of Shropshire and Herefordshire once formed a part of the Marcher lordshios, an area in which countless land battles have been fought and many fortunes lost and giained.       Radnorshire is an ancient land scattered with the imprint of countles histories, the remains of stoneage earthworks, iron age hill forts, monastic settlements and early norman castles still gace the landscape. Most of our Churches form the center of early village settlements and our towns small by English standards still echo their early market town status, most now sleepy by comparison to their once important roles still retain many 15th and 16th C buildings demarking the periods of a towns  wealth and prosperity. In later years the borders have become home to many Artists and Craftsmen,,perhaps the qieter pase of life is particularly suited to the creative mind,  and as many visitors to the Museum have comented it is a land full of Hidden Gems ...

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We have losted below some of our favorites spots to visit, and have  included some places particularly praosed by visitors , most of the places listed  listed are small family run enterprises  that you would not nececarily find in the travel brochures.. this is our Radnorshire, small is beautifull and may be just a little bit chaotic, but none the less charming and real.

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Listings for 2026 to follow shortly ......

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