Cwmgiedd

Cwmgiedd
Cwmgiedd Location within Powys
OS grid reference	SN787115
Community	Ystradgynlais
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Swansea
Postcode district	SA9
Dialling code	01639
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe[1]
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Brecon and Radnorshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 51°47′21″N 3°45′33″W / 51.7891°N 3.7591°W / 51.7891; -3.7591

Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd^[2] within the community of Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales. It lies 22.5 km (15 miles) north-east of Swansea and 253 km (157 miles) west of London. The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Yorath Chapel, first built in 1806, is in Cwmgiedd.^[3]

The Silent Village, a 1943 British propaganda film about the destruction by the Nazi occupiers of the Czech village Lidice, was filmed here,^[4] and in 2015, a graft of a Lidice pear tree was planted in the village, near the junction with the A4067, as part of the "Messenger of Hope" project.^[5]

See also

• John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd
• Swansea Valley

References

1. "Location of Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
2. Vaughan, David. "Přiběh dvou vesnic: Lidice - Cwmgiedd". archiv.radio.cz. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
3. "Yorath Chapel (6195)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
4. "Silent Village, The (1943)". ScreenOnline. BFI. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
5. "Příprava výsadby Lidické hrušně ve Welsu a její slavnostní odhalení v Cwmgieddu" [Preparation of the planting of Lidice pear in Wales and its unveiling ceremony in Cwmgiedd]. www.lidice.cz. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2025.