Responsibilities

Welshpool Town Council is responsible for the following services:

  • Town Hall
  • Markets (indoor and outdoor)
  • Tourist Information Centre (fully networked with Visit Wales)
  •  Market Hall Toilets
  • Maes y Dre Recreation Grounds including buildings
  • Sports fields including football pitches, rugby pitch, cricket pitch and hockey pitch
  • Country Park and Adventure Playground
  • Maes y Dre Playgrounds (junior and infant)
  • Dol Y Felin Playground
  • Brookfield Road Playgrounds (Junior and infant)
  • Little Henfaes Drive Playground
  • Scansis All Weather Pitch
  • Some footpaths
  • Flower beds
  • CCTV
  • War Memorial
  • Memorial Gardens
  • Signs, notice boards, finger posts and Maps
  • Tourist Publications
  • Web Site, Social Media and Newsletters
  • Allotments
  • Events
  • Christmas Lights and Winter Festival
  • Transport Festival
  • Remembrance Events and Parades
  • Mayors Parade, Civic Dinner and Communtiy Awards
  • Fireworks Display
  • Council Offices
  • Station Car Parks
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Canal Bridge
  • Bags O Silver (jewelry and handbag Shop) within the Tourist Information Centre
  • Donations & Grants
  • Some bus shelters and Sculptures
  • Motte and Bailey Castle with Cattle Transfer Docks
  • Welshpool Town Trails
  • Burgesses Land Trust (investments)
  • R U Sayce Trust (investments)

Also the usual statutory duties including Planning, County and National Consultations.