Montgomeryshire

Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn in Welsh) is one of the traditional counties of mid-Wales. Although the county is named after Montgomery the county council was always based in Welshpool. The county council was abolished in 1974 and so Monmouthshire is now administratively part of Powys.

Geography & Economy

A483 Abermule bypass bridge over the River Severn

Montgomeryshire stretches across the whole of Wales, from the English border to the upper reaches of the Dovey Estuary. Much of the county is mountainous, although the upland areas are separated by a number of river valleys. The Dovey is the main west-flowing river whilst east-flowing rivers include the Vyrnwy, Severn and Wye. Although iron working was once practised in the county the main industry has always been agriculture. Tourism is now also important. The hills attract walkers whilst other places of interest include Lake Vyrnwy, Powis Castle in Welshpool and the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machnylleth.

Roads

The A470 in the Dovey Valley

Roads in Montgomeryshire are constrained by the terrain and so generally run along the river valleys. Welshpool, Newtown and Machnylleth are network centres for their part of the county. Owing to the county's position, a large amount of traffic heading from central England to west Wales has to pass through Montgomeryshire; as such the county has a number of important trunk roads, which are maintained by the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent. The A458 takes traffic west of Shrewsbury whilst the A483 runs north-south along the border. Also trunk is the winding A470; heading off this are the A489 to Machnylleth and the A44 to Aberystwyth. Most of the county's non-trunk roads are maintained by Powys County Council.

Route	From	To	Length
A44	Oxford	Aberystwyth	155 miles	View
A458	Quinton	Mallwyd	86.6 miles	View
A470	Cardiff	Llandudno	185.1 miles	View
A483	Earlswood	Chester	153.6 miles	View
A487	Haverfordwest	Menai Bridge	173.8 miles	View
A488	Shrewsbury	Penybont	49.5 miles	View
A489	Machynlleth	Wistanstow	53.0 miles	View
A490	Church Stoke	Llanfyllin	22.0 miles	View
A491	Shrewsbury	Cemmaes Road	49 miles	View
A492	Llangurig	Newtown	18.2 miles	View
A495	Llanfair Caereinion	Redbrook	38.2 miles	View
A4084	Cemmaes Road	Mallwyd	6.0 miles	View
A4085	Llangurig	Junction with A492 east of Llangurig	0.5 miles	View
A4811	Glandulais	Glan-Hafren	3.5 miles	View
B4355	Dolfor	Kington	31.3 miles	View
B4368	Morville	Abermule Bypass	44.7 miles	View
B4381	Welshpool	Lower Leighton	2.0 miles	View
B4382	Glascoed	Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa	8.5 miles	View
B4385	Neuadd, Melin-y-ddol	Leintwardine	35.5 miles	View
B4386	Shrewsbury	Abermule	27.1 miles	View
B4388	Buttington	Montgomery	7.9 miles	View
B4389	Aberbechan	Mathrafal	14.9 miles	View
B4390	New Mills	Berriew(E)	7.2 miles	View
B4390	Church Street	Welshpool station	0.3 miles	View
B4391	Pont Tal-y-bont	Pont Felin Newydd	39.7 miles	View
B4392	Cyfronydd	Arddleen	10.4 miles	View
B4393	Llanwddyn	Ford	40.1 miles	View
B4394	Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain	Glascoed	10.3 miles	View
B4395	Pen-y-Bont	Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa	6.8 miles	View
B4396	Abertridwr	Knockin Heath	21.9 miles	View
B4398	Vyrnwy New Bridge	Knockin	5.6 miles	View
B4399	Porth-y-Waen	Stonehouse	6.7 miles	View
B4404	Pont Felin-y-ffridd	Cemmaes Road	4.4 miles	View
B4518	Llanbrynmair	Elan Village	30.5 miles	View
B4568	Pont-dôl-goch	Aberbechan	10.1 miles	View
B4569	Llanidloes	Llwyn-y-gog (S)	9.3 miles	View
B4580	Oswestry By Pass	Rhos-y-brithdir	16.2 miles	View
B4800			1.2 km	View
B4801			1.1 km	View
T18	Swansea	Manchester		View
T75	Cardiff	Llangurig		View
T81	Fishguard	Bangor		View
T82	Newtown	Aberystwyth		View
T83	Shrewsbury	Dolgellau		View
T105	Caersws	Machynlleth		View
T106	Cemmaes Road	Mallwyd		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Montgomeryshire

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Montgomeryshire