Elan Village

Elan Village chapel

Elan Village is a small purpose-built community in Powys, Wales. It was designed by architect Herbert Tudor Buckland as part of Birmingham Corporation's scheme to construct a series of water supply reservoirs in the Elan Valley between 1892 and 1904. It housed workers and their families responsible for maintaining the scheme's dams and the filtration systems.[1] Elan Village is the only purpose-built Arts and Crafts "Model Village" in Wales.

It is served by the B4518 road which runs three miles southwestwards from Rhayader to end at the village, though continuing as a minor road to Caban-coch Reservoir. The road continues over the Elenydd to Cwmystwyth and a cul-de-sac branch runs to the dam of Claerwen Reservoir.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Owen, H.W. and Morgan, R. 2007 Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales Gomer Press, Ceredigion ISBN 9781843239017
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet no 200 Llandrindod Wells & Elan Valley

Coordinates: 52°16′25″N 3°33′55″W / 52.2737°N 3.5654°W / 52.2737; -3.5654

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