On the green, near the fomer home of April Jones, local residents have installed a bench and created four small gardens in commemoration.

April Jones disappeared on 1 October 2012, after being sighted willingly getting into a vehicle near her home. In the days following her disappearance, a search operation was mounted involving police and search and rescue teams using specialised equipment, as well as hundreds of volunteers. Pink ribbons began to appear tied to gates, houses, cars, hedges, etc. for miles around to show solidarity and sympathy with her family awaiting news of the five-year-old. On 22 April 2013, police confirmed that the search had officially ended - it had been the largest missing person search in UK police history. A local man, Mark Bridger, was subsequently arrested and found guilty of child abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice through concealment of April's body. After Bridger's arrest, police discovered an extensive collection of child abuse material on his computer. In November 2013, partly after campaigning by Jones's parents, the search engines Google and Bing modified their systems to block results from searches aimed at producing child abuse images. Although her body has never been found, the funeral service for April Jones was held in Machynlleth on 26 September 2013. In March 2014, the town of Machynlleth was recognised at the first St David's Awards for the support it gave to the search and rescue services. The award was given April's parent, Paul and Coral, at the event in Cardiff. On 4 August 2014, it was announced that the cottage in Ceinws, Powys, where Jones is believed to have been killed, had been purchased by the Welsh government for £149,000. The cottage was demolished in November 2014.

RCAHMW, June 2015.