Hay-on-Wye

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Hay-on-Wye is a small Welsh market town on the England–Wales border, internationally renowned for its numerous bookshops and annual literary festival.

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Hay-on-Wye canonical 7
Hay-on-Wye town centre 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community
market town
town
country Wales
hasCulturalAttraction independent bookshops
literary events
hasDialCode 01497
hasEconomicSector retail bookselling
tourism
hasEconomyCharacteristic dependent on visitors
hasFestivalFrequency annual
hasFestivalVenue fields on the edge of the town
hasLandmark Hay Castle
St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye
hasLanguage English
Welsh
hasLocalGovernment Hay Town Council
hasNickname town of books
hasOSGridReference SO229423
hasPopulation around 1,500
hasPostcodeDistrict HR3
hasPostTown Hereford
surface form: HEREFORD
hasRiverFeature crossing point over the River Wye
hasTypeOfSettlement small town
hasWelshName Y Gelli Gandryll
hostsEvent Hay Festival
surface form: Hay Festival of Literature & Arts
knownFor Hay Festival
bookshops
literary tourism
locatedIn Powys
locatedInHistoricCounty Breconshire
surface form: Brecknockshire
locatedInParliamentaryConstituency Brecon and Radnorshire
locatedInRegion Brecon Beacons in Wales
surface form: Brecon Beacons area
locatedNear Brecon
Hereford
locatedOnBorderWith England
locatedOnRiver River Wye
nearNationalPark Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
partOf United Kingdom
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST
tourismBasedOn second-hand book trade
transportAccessVia A4078 road NERFINISHED
A438 road NERFINISHED
twinnedWith Timbuktu

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Powys containsSettlement Hay-on-Wye
River Wye passesThrough Hay-on-Wye
Black Mountains nearestTown Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye (fringe area) partOf Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye (fringe area) adjacentTo Hay-on-Wye
this entity surface form: Hay-on-Wye town centre
Breconshire containsTown Hay-on-Wye