Mid Wales Is Hiding Something Most Brits Don’t Know Exists

0:00 15 remarkable facts about the geography and history of Mid-Wales. 1:25 Powys 2:20 Montgomery 3:26 Knighton 4:52 Copa Hill 5:54 Pumlemon 7:21 Machynlleth 8:17 Devil's Bridge 9:39 Lake Vyrnwy 10:50 Elan Valley 12:14 red kite 14:05 Llanwrtyd Wells 15:29 Hay-on-Wye 16:30 Borth and Ynyslas 17:41 Cardigan Bay 18:34 Elan Valley estate Mid-Wales is far stranger and more remarkable than its quiet hills suggest—and I’m uncovering the stories hidden beneath them. I’m Charles Bennett, a retired geography teacher, and I explore 15 fascinating facts about Mid-Wales, from Bronze Age copper mining on Copa Hill and three rivers rising on Pumlemon to the drowned villages beneath Lake Vyrnwy and the Elan Valley reservoirs. I also look at red kites, the legends of Devil’s Bridge, the book town of Hay-on-Wye, the drowned forest at Borth and Ynyslas, dolphins in Cardigan Bay, and the remarkably dark skies of the Elan Valley estate.