River Arrow, Wales

The River Arrow (Welsh: Afon Arwy) is a river in the Welsh Marches, rising in Powys in Wales, then flowing into the English county of Herefordshire.

River Arrow
The River Arrow in Eardisland
Native nameAfon Arwy  (Welsh)
Physical characteristics
Sourcenear Gwaunceste Hill
  locationPowys, Wales
MouthRiver Lugg
  location
Stoke Prior, Herefordshire, England
  coordinates
52.2063°N 2.7155°W / 52.2063; -2.7155

It rises near Gwaunceste Hill, then flows south-east through Newchuch and Michaelchurch-on-Arrow. It forms a short section of the England/Wales boundary, before flowing into Herefordshire, and through the town of Kington. It proceeds east through Herefordshire, passing Lyonshall, Staunton-on-Arrow, Pembridge, Eardisland, Arrow Green, Monkland, Ivington, Broadward, and has its confluence with the River Lugg south of Leominster, at Stoke Prior.

Its tributaries include the Gilwern Brook. Others are the Honey Lake Brook, which passes through Ivington Green and Back Brook which joins the Arrow at The Meetings in Kington.

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