Browsing local attractions within 25 miles of Pen-y-Dyffryn Country Hotel

Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RF, (15 miles, 24kms), 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.

Gwynedd, UK, (20 miles, 32kms), Tel: 01676 521021, Email, www.VisitBala.org

Bala - home to the largest natural lake in Wales, surrounded by the peaks of Aran Benllyn, Arenig Fawr and the Berwyn Mountains

Banwy Workshops, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, SY21 0SG, (17 miles, 28kms), 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

Llanfor, Bala, Gwynedd, LL23 7DU, (19 miles, 31kms), Tel: 01678 520036, Email, melaniewilliams.net

Encaustic painting is an ancient art dating back 3000 years. Mel uses hot wax and hot tools in her encaustic painting today to create artworks which are displayed in her studio. Tailor made Encaustic Painting Breaks with B&B.

Powys, UK, (16 miles, 26kms), 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.

Powys, SY10 0LY, (15 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, (10 miles, 15kms), 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.

Berriew Street, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7SQ, (14 miles, 23kms), 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, (14 miles, 23kms), 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, (19 miles, 30kms), 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, (19 miles, 31kms), 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.

Llanfair Caereinion, UK, (17 miles, 28kms), 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, (6 miles, 9kms), 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, (16 miles, 25kms), 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, (14 miles, 23kms), 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, (10 miles, 16kms), 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.

Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant, Powys, SY10 0BZ, (10 miles, 17kms), 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.

Llanfyllin, Powys, SY22 6XZ, (11 miles, 18kms), 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.