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Powys

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Powys, Wales

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Red kites at Gigrin Farm

Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding Station

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

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World Bog Snorkelling Championship

World Bog Snorkeling Championship

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

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Llanymynech, England

Llanymynech

A small village in two different countries.

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13 MILEs FROM Powys

Shropshire, England

Three Tuns Brewery

The oldest working Brewery in Britain.

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17 MILEs FROM Powys

Knife Angel.

Knife Angel

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

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19 MILEs FROM Powys

Offa's Dyke, near Knill, Herefordshire, looking west

Shropshire, England

Offa's Dyke

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

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22 MILEs FROM Powys

Ceredigion, Wales

Sol Cinema

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power -- an attraction in itself.

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Added by Nicholas Jackson

24 MILEs FROM Powys

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