Bow Street, Ceredigion
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Bow Street is a large village in the Tirymynach district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. As well as Bow Street itself, it is now often considered to include the neighbouring smaller village of Pen-y-garn and the hamlet of Rhydypennau. All three places stretch in a long narrow strip along the main Aberystwyth to Machynlleth road, the A487.
Bow Street | |
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Bow Street, looking south towards Aberystwyth with the houses of Nantyfallen on the left | |
Location within Ceredigion | |
Population | 1,901 [1] |
Language | British English Welsh (68.8% of population)[2] |
OS grid reference | SN6284 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BOW STREET |
Postcode district | SY24 |
Dialling code | 01970 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
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Bow Street is also a post town, and as well as covering the villages of Bow Street and Pen-y-garn and the hamlet of Rhydypennau, it also includes the nearby village of Llandre and the hamlets of Taigwynion and Dole, together with the surrounding farms.
The population of the Community, Tirymynach in 2011 was 1,901.