Tirabad

{{for|the place in Iran|Tirabad, East Azerbaijan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| static_image_name = Road to the west of Tirabad - geograph.org.uk - 977458.jpg

| static_image_caption = Road to the west of Tirabad

| type = Village

| unitary_wales = Powys

| constituency_westminster = Brecon and Radnorshire

| community_wales = Llangamarch

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Brecon and Radnorshire

}}

File:Road_to_the_west_of_Tirabad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_977458.jpg

Tirabad is a village in Powys, Wales. The name means "the abbot's land"; the village belonged to Strata Florida abbey in the Middle Ages. The village is located on the edge of the Crychan Forest and is {{convert|8|km|mi|sigfig=1}} south of Llanwrtyd and {{convert|18|km|mi|sigfig=1}} north of Llanymddyfri. Many people had to leave the village during World War II as the military used the area for artillery training, but the village expanded substantially in the 1950s, when the Forestry Commission, now defunct, began tree plantations and built about 25 houses, a school, a village hall and a shop for their employees.

St. David's Church, built in 1726, is the only Georgian church in Breconshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.irfonvalleyparish.co.uk/where_are_we_52.html|title=Parish profile for the benefices of Bleanau Irfon and Irfon Valley|publisher=Bleanau Irfon and Irfon Valley Benefices|access-date=18 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402144415/http://www.irfonvalleyparish.co.uk/where_are_we_52.html|archive-date=2 April 2012}} No services are currently held at the church due to structural problems with the building, although work is underway to enable it to be reopened.{{cite web|url=http://www.stdavidstirabad.blogspot.com/|title=St. David's Tirabad|access-date=18 September 2011}}

Just outside the village is the Tirabad Centre, an outdoor pursuits centre run by the Tirabad Residential Educational Trust and owned jointly by outsiders, three state schools in Berkshire, England - Charters in Sunningdale, The Emmbrook near Wokingham and Maiden Erlegh in Earley. The Centre was closed in March 2021 and its assets taken over by liquidators.{{cite news |title=Closure of Tyr Abad Residential Education Centre |url=https://swoapg.com/closure-of-tyr-abad-residential-education-centre |access-date=18 September 2021 |publisher=South Wales Outdoor Activity Providers Group |date=28 February 2021}}

Tirabad is on the Epynt Way long distance walking/cycling/horse-riding route. Epynt Way Section 3 uses the road that runs past the village, linking to Maesyron to the east. Epynt Way Section 4 (the "Tirabad Section") starts just west of the village near the Tirabad Old Chapel, taking a forestry track from the Cynghordy Road. Section 4 links to Craigyrwyddon and the Crychan Forest.