Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
welcome is incredibly warm, however, and there are wonderful views. No children under
16.
To get here head east on the B4381 turning left onto the B388 and then right onto the
Hope Rd.
Bistro 7
( 01938-552879; 7 Hall St; mains £7-10; 11.30am-11pm Mon-Sat)
By far the best bet for food in
town, Bistro 7 serves up good-value and well executed largely Italian food to the happy
masses. Seafood platters, pastas and pizza are firm favourites with a lighter menu of pan-
ini, jacket potatoes and sandwiches for lunch. Look out for the local cask ales behind the
bar.
ITALIAN
££
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Police Station
(
101; Severn St)
Tourist Office
(
01938-552043; Church St, Vicarage Gardens;
9.30am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
Victoria Memorial Hospital
(
01938-553133; Salop Rd)
Getting There & Around
Bus X75 runs to Newtown (32 minutes) and Shrewsbury (46 minutes).
hours) to London (£32.80, five hours), via Newtown (£4.50, 25 minutes), Shrewsbury
(£4.90, 30 minutes) and Birmingham (£10.30, 2¼ hours) stops in front of the tourist of-
fice.
Welshpool is on the Cambrian Line, which crosses from Aberystwyth (£13.60, 1½
hours) to Birmingham (£13, 1½ hours) every two hours, via Machynlleth (£11.70, 57
minutes), Newtown (£4.80, 15 minutes) and Shrewsbury (£5.70, 25 minutes).
