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The landlocked county of Powys in Wales borders the ceremonial counties of Clwyd, Gwynedd, Dyfed and Glamorgan, as well as Monmouthshire and the English border counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire. Powys has a population of around 135,000 people, with the larger towns at Newton, Ystradgynlais, Brecon and Welshpool. The landscape of Powys is dominated by the peaks of Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains, forests, reservoirs, river valleys and big skies.
County overviewClwyd is one of eight preserved counties in Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country and named after the River Clwyd, which runs through it. To the north lies the Irish Sea, Cheshire is to the east and Shropshire to the south-east. The Welsh counties of Powys and Gwynedd lie to the south and west.
County overviewArgyll & Bute spans from the Scottish mainland across a number of islands to the west, each with their own character. The area is synonymous with the Argyll pattern, which derived from the tartan of the Clan Campbell.
County overview