Hay-on-Wye, or simply Hay (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll; Welsh pronunciation: [ə ˈɡɛɬi ˈgandrɪɬ] or simply Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of the annual Hay Festival. The community had a population of 1,675 at the 2021 census.
The town is twinned with Redu, a village in the Belgian municipality of Libin, and with Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.
Hay-on-Wye is often named one of the best places to live in Wales and has been named as one of the UK's best Christmas destinations.
Distance between:
London to Hay-on-Wye134 Miles / 216 Kms Liverpool to Hay-on-Wye92 Miles / 149 Kms
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