Human settlement in Wales
Pentre-bach
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  Pentre-bachLocation within Powys | |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Brecon |
| Postcode district | LD3 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| 51°59′08″N 3°35′25″W / 51.985432°N 3.590319°W / 51.985432; -3.590319 | |
Pentre-bach (Welsh for "small village") is a hamlet (one of several in Wales with similar names) in Powys, Wales, in the former county and current Shire Committee Area of Breconshire or Brecknockshire. It is located on the Afon Cilieni, a small tributary of the River Usk, between Brecon and Llandovery. The hamlet has a pub called the "Shoemakers Arms" or Tafarn y Crydd, and a former chapel, originally Calvinistic Methodist, named "Beili-du", Welsh for "black yard". The nearest church is in Llandeilo'r-Fan, 2 km to the NW, and the nearest shop is in Sennybridge, 4 km to the south.
Construction started of a railway line up the Cilieni valley, but was abandoned in 1867. (See Neath and Brecon Railway and.)
References
- Pentre-bach, Powys - Powys - area information, map, walks and more
- Shoemakers Arms - Pentre Bach, Brecon, Wales, LD3 8UB
- Genuki: Beilidu Chapel, Bilidu, Pentre-Bach, Breconshire
- "Beilidu Chapel, English Presbyterian And Calvinistic Methodist;bilidu, Pentre-bach (6065)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- Shoemakers Arms
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