Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 12

Aberystwyth to Newtown

Episode 15 · 2021-05-14

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Episode overview

Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo travels from Aberystwyth into the Cambrian Mountains at Devil's Bridge and finishes in Newtown, Powys. Michael's 250-mile tour of North Wales draws to a close in style at the birthplace of the nation's first classical music festival, Gregynog Hall, near Newtown. Michael is intrigued to discover that its founders, sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, used the fortune they inherited from their grandfather, a noted Welsh railway builder, to establish the country estate as a centre for art and music from 1933. In the glorious music room, a Welsh harpist helps to evoke the spirit of festivals past and present.

30 minutes

Season 12 episodes

1. Oxford to Abingdon2021-04-26 2. Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield2021-04-27 3. West Ruislip to Windsor2021-04-28 4. Guildford to Aldershot2021-04-29 5. Farnborough to Winchester2021-04-30 6. Saxmundham to Dedham2021-05-03 7. Colchester to Chadwell Heath2021-05-04 8. Potters Bar to Cardington2021-05-05 9. Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge2021-05-06 10. Newmarket to Walsingham2021-05-07 11. Crewe to Shotton2021-05-10 12. Rhyl to Anglesey2021-05-11 13. Bangor to Betws y Coed2021-05-12 14. Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth2021-05-13 15. Aberystwyth to Newtown2021-05-14