Crickhowell is a small town and community in southeastern Powys, Wales, near Abergavenny, previously in the historic county of Brecknockshire.
The name is taken from the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Crug Hywel above the town lying the River Usk. It is on the southern edge of the Black Mountains in the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The town centre includes a variety of traditional businesses, many of which are family owned. There is also a library, two play areas, and the CRiC building housing a tourist information centre, an internet cafe, an art gallery and a local history archive. There are pubs, cafes, restaurants and two hotels: "The Bear" hotel and "The Dragon". A notable feature includes the seventeenth-century stone bridge over the River Usk having odd arches (twelve on one side, thirteen on the other). There is a 14th-century parish church of St Edmund, and the ruins of Crickhowell Castle on the green "tump" set back from the main Brecon to Abergavenny road. Crickhowell's Market Hall (originally the Town Hall) on The Square dates from 1834, nowadays with market stalls on the ground floor and a cafe in the first floor old courtroom. Since 2007 responsibility of the hall passed to the Market Hall Trust. The stone building, raised on twin doric columns, is Grade II listed.
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