Pentre-bach (Welsh for "small village") is a hamlet (one of several in Wales with similar names) in Powys, Wales,Pentre-bach, Powys - Powys - area information, map, walks and more in the former county and current Shire Committee Area of Breconshire or Brecknockshire. It is located on the Afon Cilieni, a small tributary of the River Usk, between Brecon and Llandovery. The hamlet has a pub called the "Shoemakers Arms"Shoemakers Arms - Pentre Bach, Brecon, Wales, LD3 8UB or Tafarn y Crydd, and a former chapel, originally Calvinistic Methodist, named "Beili-du",Genuki: Beilidu Chapel, Bilidu, Pentre-Bach, Breconshire Welsh for "black yard". The nearest church is in Llandeilo'r-Fan, 2 km to the NW, and the nearest shop is in Sennybridge, 4 km to the south.
Construction started of a railway line up the Cilieni valley, but was abandoned in 1867. (See Neath and Brecon Railway and. Shoemakers Arms)
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