and Castle Caereinion, after the Castle Caereinion community was added to it, effective from the 2022 local elections. Facilities Berriew F.C. play in the Mid Wales Football League, the third level of the Welsh football league system. Mirror-artist and sculptor Andrew Logan bought the village squash courts and converted the building into a sculpture museum. There are two pubs in the village, The Talbot and the Lion Hotel. There is also The Horseshoes, a little way out of the village. The Berriew Show is a major attraction for the village and is held every August Bank Holiday Saturday. Attracting locals and people from miles around, it is a showcase for horticulture, agriculture and local craft and has thriving dog, horse and sheep shows. Best kept village in Wales Berriew has won this competition many times - although the scheme has now been discontinued. It was first won in 1970. Notable people Saint Beuno (died ca.640), an abbot, confessor and saint - he is said to have been born at Berriew Thomas Jones (1756–1807), teacher of mathematics and Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet (1832–1917), Royal Navy Vice admiral, born at Vaynor Park Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew (born 1948), former Liberal Democrat M.P. for Montgomeryshire, took his life peerage title from the village. Kathy Pearce (born 1963), a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. Literature Gibson, A. (1995). The Carreg Beuno prehistoric landscape, Berriew. Montgomeryshire Collections 83 (1995), pp. 41–58 Silvester, R. J. (1997), Luggy Moat, Berriew : recording and conservation. Montgomeryshire Collections 85, pp. 1–12 Smith, D.. W. (1992), Aberriw to Berriew : the story of a community. Berriew : D.W. Smith. 17p Smith, D. W. (1991) Berriew and Trinity : Thomas Jones (1756-1807) and his contemporaries. Montgomeryshire Collections Vol 79, pp. 121–34 Smith, D. W. (1989), The Berriew enclosures : Brithdir and the intercommoning districts. Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 77, pp. 81–105 Smith, D. W. (1985), Berriew in Stuart times : 2. Paupers and yeomen, poverty and prosperity. Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 73, pp. 8–29 Smith, D. W. (1990), Berriew maps : some comments. Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 78, p. 162-3 Scourfield R. and Haslam R. (2013), The Buildings of Wales: Powys; Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire, Yale University Press. Thomas, D.R.( 1908) History of the Diocese of Saint Asaph, Vol 1, 128–135. References External links Photos of Berriew and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk Glanservern Hall