Browsing local attractions within 25 miles of The Golden Lion Hotel

Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RF, (8 miles, 14kms), Tel: 01938 551944, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/powis-castle/

World famous terraced garden and medieval castle containing one of the finest collections of paintings and furniture in Wales.

The Old Sawmill, Lake Vyrnwy, Oswestry, Powys, SY10 0NA, (16 miles, 25kms), Tel: 01691 870317, Email, www.artisans-lakevyrnwy.co.uk

Explore beautiful Lake Vyrnwy - hire a tandem or cycle, walk, birdwatch or just relax! - Artisans coffee shop also offers a variety of excellent refreshments and a large selection of gifts in our craft shop including home made products.

Banwy Workshops, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, SY21 0SG, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01938 810128, Email, www.colinette.com

Colinette Yarns hand-knitting and creative yarn mill and shop is beautifully positioned on the banks of the River Banwy, beside the picturesque Llanfair Light Railway

Nr Abermule, Powys, UK, (14 miles, 23kms), Tel: 01443 336000

The remains of this castle, begun by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ('the Last') in 1273 and captured by the English in 1277, have been revealed by excavations.

Powys, UK, (15 miles, 24kms), Tel: 0300 068 0300, Email, www.forestry.gov.uk/walesapp

Dyfnant and Vyrnwy Forests are in a part of Mid Wales renowned for its rolling hills, lush green valleys and picturesque farmsteads and villages. The Forest caters for horse riding and carraige driving as well as walking and picnic areas.

Tregynon, Nr Newtown, Powys, SY16 3PW, (18 miles, 28kms), Tel: 01686 650224, Email, www.gregynog.wales.ac.uk

Gregynog Hall is an ancient house with a Victorian face. Once a landed estate, now a university conference centre, the house is still at the heart of the local community.

Powys, SY10 0LY, (16 miles, 25kms), Tel: 01691 870278, www.lake-vyrnwy.com

Lake Vyrnwy lies just to the south of Snowdonia. It is a man-made water reservoir with a perimeter road 11.75 miles long. Located a short drive from the Shropshire border. It is a great day-out with plenty of activities, local craft shop.

Powys, SY22 5BZ, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01938 551296

Llanfyllin is thriving market town on the upper reaches of the Cain valley and is an ideal centre to explore the area including nearby Lake Vyrnwy and Welshpool.

Montgomery, Powys, UK, (14 miles, 23kms), Tel: 01443 336000, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Montgomery Castle is a masonry castle standing on a rocky promontory above the town of Montgomery. Precipitous slopes to the north and east make this an excellent defensive site.

Powys, UK, (20 miles, 32kms), www.visitmidwales.co.uk

Newtown, known in Welsh as Y Drenewydd lies on the River Severn.

The Park, Newtown, Powys, SY16 2NZ, (20 miles, 32kms), Tel: 01686 625041, Email, www.orieldavies.org

A contemporary art gallery in the heart of Wales. Oriel Davies Gallery is the largest and most significant visual arts venue in the region, and a key gallery of Wales, showing groundbreaking national and international art and craft.

Berriew Street, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7SQ, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01938 555715, Email, www.polacinema.webs.com

Replacing its predecessors The Picturedrome and Clive Picture House, The Pola was opened in 1938. Since then it's undergone a few changes of hands, and brief closures, and is now run by father and son team: Richard and Simon Thacker.

Powys, UK, (8 miles, 12kms), Email, www.visitmidwales.co.uk

Welshpool is Mid Wales town which lies only 4 miles from the border with England. Its Welsh name 'Y Trallwng' means 'the marshy or sinking land' referring to the fact that the town is low-lying on the River Severn.

Powys, SY21 8BQ, (12 miles, 20kms), Tel: 01686 640478

Berriew (Welsh: Aberriw) is a village in Powys, Wales, situated on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the river Rhiw near the confluence (Welsh: aber) with the River Severn.

Nr Forden, Powys, UK, (12 miles, 20kms), Tel: 01938 555654

The River Severn loops lazily across its valley floor, its loops and bends creating oxbow lakes which are now good wetland habitat for waterfowl.

Guilsfield, SY, (14 miles, 23kms), Tel: 01938 552043

Llanfair Caereinion, UK, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01938 810366

Llanfair Caereinion in Montgomeryshire's Banwy Valley is one of the smallest towns in Powys. Almost 3,000 people lived here in the mid 19th century when the woollen industry was at its peak.

Nr Llanymynech, Powys, UK, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01938 555654, Email, www.montwt.co.uk/rocks.html

Straddling the border between England and Wales, the reserve lies at the southern end of the carboniferous limestone outcrop that stretches from Anglesey and the Great Orme at Llandudno.

Welshpool, Powys, SY20 8UJ, (9 miles, 15kms), Tel: 01938 555654, Email, www.montwt.co.uk/dinas.html

A splendid example of opportunistic creation of a nature reserve. The lake was a gravel pit for the by-pass, then allowed to flood. Wetland wildlife.

Powys, SY15 6PA, (8 miles, 12kms), Email, www.montgomery-wales.co.uk/

A historic market town, Montgomery is a pleasant place to explore with its mixture of timber-framed houses, cobbled streets and Georgian and Victorian architecture.

Welshpool, SY22 6RU, (3 miles, 4kms), Tel: 01938 553271

The Montgomery Canal, derelict for many years, is now being reborn as a cruiseway through the picturesque Welsh Marches. The canal is a true haven for wildlife and tranquillity with many Sites of Special Scientific Interest along the way.

Arthur Street, Montgomery, Powys, SY15 6RA, (14 miles, 23kms), Tel: 01686 668313, Email, www.oldbellmuseum.org.uk

The Old Bell, a 16th century inn, has been converted into a local history museum by Montgomery Civic Society.

Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant, Powys, SY10 0BZ, (14 miles, 22kms), Tel: 01691 780392

Pistyll Rhaeadr is an enchanting waterfall in the Berwyn Mountains, just inside Wales, west of Oswestry and Shrewsbury. At 240ft (80m) high it is the UK tallest single drop waterfall.

The Cross, Newtown, Powys, SY16 2BB, (20 miles, 32kms), Tel: 07986 961819

Small museum dedicated to the life & work of Robert-Owen, 19th Century Social reformer and inspiration of the co-operative movement.

Nr Churchstoke, Powys, SY20 8UJ, (15 miles, 24kms), Tel: 01938 555654, Email, www.montwt.co.uk/hill.html

From the top of Roundton Hill it's easy to see why an Iron Age hillfort was once sited here - the vantage point offers great viewing across the surrounding countryside

Llanfyllin, Powys, SY22 6XZ, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01691 648306, Email, www.mathrafal.org/parishes/myllin.htm

St Myllins church was founded in the 7th Century by the Irish Bishop Molling (Myllin) and the earliest references to a church in Llanfyllin appear in the Norwich Taxation of 1254.