Hay-on-Wye, Wales

Hay-on-Wye, Wales
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Hay-on-Wye is a small market town in Powys, in eastern Wales, on the border with England. The town is on the east bank of the River Wye, which forms the border between Wales and England. It is to the north of the Black Mountains.

Hay-on-Wye is a town big on books. It holds an annual book festival which runs for ten days from the beginning of June. The festival, which began in 1988, draws thousands of bookworms to the town.

Book lover Richard Booth is credited in putting Hay-on-Wye on the literary map when in 1977 he declared the town to be an independent kingdom, and he as the king. The publicity stunt generated wide interest for Hay-on-Wye, and helped it develop a tourist industry around reading.

The Clock Tower of Hay-on-Wye
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