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- Erwood (Welsh: Erwyd) is a village and community lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429. It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the older cantref of Cantref Selyf. The community includes the settlements of Crickadarn, Gwenddwr and . , flowing from west to east before turning north through the village to join the River Wye, divides Erwood between the two parishes of Gwenddwr, to the northwest, and Crickadarn, to the southeast. The church of Saint Dubricius in Gwenddwr was extensively rebuilt in the Victorian period after a fire. In former times drovers would ford the Wye at Erwood on their journey towards the English Midlands and eventually London, where they would sell their livestock. Erwood is overlooked from across the Wye by the ancient hill-fort of . On its 325-metre-high summit is a German field howitzer, a trophy from World War I. The fact that it is pointing towards Erwood from the neighbouring county of Radnorshire is part of a local running joke. At the southern end of the community, on the , is Trericket Mill where Roderick Murchison recorded in the 1830s that he had identified "the first true Silurian". (en)
- Erwood, galesez: Erwyd, Galesko komunitate eta udalerri bat da, Powys konderrian. Wye ibaiaren ertzean dago, A470 errepidean eta Builth Wells udalerritik 6 milia hego-ekialdera. 2011ko erroldaren arabera 429 biztanle zituen. (eu)
- 52°04′40″N 3°19′04″W / 52.0779°N 3.3177°W Baile i Powys, an Bhreatain Bheag, is ea Erwd, 67.2 km ó Caerdydd agus 228 ó Londain. Tá daonra 429 ann (2011), agus tá 40 (9.7%) in ann Breatnais a labhairt. (ga)
- Erwood är en community i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen Powys och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 230 km väster om huvudstaden London. (sv)
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- Erwood, galesez: Erwyd, Galesko komunitate eta udalerri bat da, Powys konderrian. Wye ibaiaren ertzean dago, A470 errepidean eta Builth Wells udalerritik 6 milia hego-ekialdera. 2011ko erroldaren arabera 429 biztanle zituen. (eu)
- 52°04′40″N 3°19′04″W / 52.0779°N 3.3177°W Baile i Powys, an Bhreatain Bheag, is ea Erwd, 67.2 km ó Caerdydd agus 228 ó Londain. Tá daonra 429 ann (2011), agus tá 40 (9.7%) in ann Breatnais a labhairt. (ga)
- Erwood är en community i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen Powys och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 230 km väster om huvudstaden London. (sv)
- Erwood (Welsh: Erwyd) is a village and community lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429. It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the older cantref of Cantref Selyf. The community includes the settlements of Crickadarn, Gwenddwr and . At the southern end of the community, on the , is Trericket Mill where Roderick Murchison recorded in the 1830s that he had identified "the first true Silurian". (en)
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