| Soar | |
|---|---|
  Soar Location withinPowys | |
| OS grid reference | SN 9711 3204 |
| • Cardiff | 37 mi (60 km) |
| • London | 147.8 mi (237.9 km) |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRECON |
| Postcode district | LD3 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| 51°58′38″N3°29′58″W / 51.977263°N 3.499372°W /51.977263; -3.499372 | |
Soar is a small village inPowys, Wales, 37 miles North West ofCardiff. It sits at the foot of Mynydd Epynt, and is nearBrecon in thehistoric county ofBrecknockshire. The nearby settlement of Ffinnant - divided into the hamlets of Upper Ffinnant (Ffinnant Uchaf Soar) and Lower Ffinnant (Ffinnant Isaf Soar) - may have been the site of theBattle of Ffinnant at whichIthel ap Hywel (king ofGwent) was killed.
The village contains a baptist chapel built in 1827 and rebuilt in 1874.
Soar used to have two tailors, a midwife, a shoemaker, a blacksmith and a preacher but never had a pub.[1]
