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Hay-on-Wye
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 Oxford Rd carpark circular walk | |
  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,[3] and with Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.[4][5]
Hay-on-Wye is often named one of the best places to live in Wales[6][7][8] and has been named as one of the UK's best Christmas destinations.[9]
- ^ "Hay community". City Population. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Hay-on-Wye Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. 2013.
- ^ "General Information about Hay-on-Wye". www.hay-on-wye.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Hay-on-Wye is twinned with Timbuktu, BBC News, 7 February 2007, 15:53 GMT, accessed 8 February 2007.
- ^ "Timbuktu helped by Welsh twin town". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Dewey, Philip (29 August 2021). "The little Welsh town officially named the best in Wales". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "This Herefordshire border town has just been named among best in UK". Hereford Times. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Garlick, Hattie (13 November 2024). "The 20 most fabulous places for a Christmas break in Britain". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 December 2024.