Glascwm

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Glascwm
Community
Glascwm-îg High valley over the Rhiw Fwnws pass from Glascwm. Usual sheep pastures.
Principal area	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°10′0″N 3°14′0″W / 52.16667°N 3.23333°W / 52.16667; -3.23333 Map of the community

Glascwm is a community in the upper Edw valley in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. The main settlement is concentrated in the two centrally located small villages of Frank's Bridge, located on the eastern slope of the valley, and Hundred House, located on the river terrace on the western side of the Edw. The remainder of the population lives in scattered farms and dwellings and in the three rural settlements of Cregrina, Glascwm, Bettws Diserth and Llansantffraed-in-Elwel. The surrounding area has extensive uninhabited uplands of moorland at Carneddau, Gilwern Hill, Gwaunceste Hill, Little Hill and Glascwm Hill. The A481 passes through the area.^[1] In 2005 Powys county council recorded a population of 479,^[1] increasing to 551 at the 2011 Census.^[2]