Kerry, Powys
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Kerry (Welsh: Ceri) is a village and geographically large community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales.
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Kerry
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Location within Powys | |
Population | 794 (2021)[1] |
OS grid reference | SO146899 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWTOWN |
Postcode district | SY16 |
Dialling code | 01686 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
52.5012°N 3.25803°W / 52.5012; -3.25803 |
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The village lies on the A489 road 2.8 miles (4.5 km) southeast of Newtown and possesses two pubs — the Herbert Arms and the Kerry Lamb — a village hall, a bowling green, a post office, a primary school and a hairdresser.
Kerry also has a parish church of Norman origins dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, as well as a baptist church.
It gives its name to the Kerry Hill breed of sheep.