The distance from the industrial town of Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley to the old county town of the archaic county of Radnorshire is 60 miles, yet culturally and politically they are different worlds.
One has a proud heritage of manufacturing steel, iron and tinplate and being a key stop on the railroad taking coal from the Swansea Valley to the docks. It has high levels of Welsh language speakers and the town councillors are all Plaid or Labour.
Far to its north and east, over the huge physical barrier that the Brecon Beacons form, villages like new Radnor are part of a more rural, agricultural world. Its community councillors don't declare a political affiliation on the council website.
