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Saint Idloes Church - The parish church of Llanidloes
Plan your Visit
To and from Llanidloes by car
Llanidloes sits just off the A470 main road about 30 miles from the English border. From Birmingham and the Midlands, take the M54 through Telford, A458 and A483 through Shrewsbury, Welshpool and Newtown. From the south, the A470 offers a spectacular cross-country route from Cardiff.
Sat nav, mail apps: LLANIDLOES or SY18 6AA
Parking
Free parking at "The Gro" which is a large car park - space for approx 100 vehicles - and is technically "common land" so you are still permitted to graze your life-stock too. Directions on Google maps
Smaller free car park is at Church Place - space for about 20 vehicles - Directions on Google maps
On-street parking also available throughout town but please beware tickets and wardens and read the restrictions on the signs by the road.
To and from Llanidloes by bus
Llanidloes is well served by bus services to the coast at Aberystwyth, to Newtown, Welshpool and Shrewsbury and to Rhayader and to Llandrindod. The National Express shuttle also operates through Llanidloes for services to Birmingham and the National Express UK network.
Traveline Wales / Cymru [external website] for timetables in Wales for bus and train or to verify journeys not supplied on this website
National Express runs every day from Llanidloes to Birmingham for onward travel to the rest of the UK. To book tickets use the National Express website [external website].
To and from Llanidloes by train
Caersws is the nearest train station to Llanidloes at a distance of 6 miles. For onward travel check the bus times from Caersws to Llanidloes. Caersws to London is typically 3.5 to 4 hours. If travelling at the weekend, phone National Train Enquiries on 08457 484950 (+44 8457 484950 outside UK) to check on engineering works which delay journeys. Travel on Sunday is much longer and there are no buses so is not recommended.
National Rail UK [external website] for train timetables in UK.
trainline [external website] book tickets in advance on the trainline platform
