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Offa's Dyke Centre, Knighton, Radnorshire.
The Offa's Dyke Centre seen from the back showing those very large windows that you can look out of when sitting at one of the tables.
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The Offa's Dyke Centre interior showing part of the displays about Offa's Dyke and some of the tables where you can sit with your scrumptious cake. What more can one ask of life?
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The view over the park behind Offa's Dyke Centre from the tables is rather nice. A pleasant place to sit and while away the time whilst eating your cake.
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Behind the Offa's Dyke Centre on the left is this small park. The path on the right is actually part of the Offa's Dyke Path, as it continues northward, and goes down alongside the river for a short distance then crosses the river and ascends Panpunton Hill beyond the park.
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King Offa looking rather worried. I think that perhaps the floorboards were not the ones he'd originally chosen.
Offa was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in July 796. Many historians regard Offa as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great and a recent historian said "Offa was driven by a lust for power not a vision of English unity". Offa's Dyke, most of which was probably built in his reign, is a testimony to the extensive resources Offa had at his command and his ability to organise them.
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