Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market town and community in the county Powys and historic county Brecknockshire, mid-Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye and Irfon in the Welsh part of the Wye Valley. In 2011 it had a population of 2,568.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 2,830 residents
- Description: town in Mid Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Builth” and “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Builth Castle and Wyeside Arts Centre.
Builth Castle
Ruins
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Builth Castle was a castle built under King Edward I, just outside Builth Wells, Powys, Wales. At one time it was an impressive stone-built castle but all the masonry has been removed over the years and all that remains are the mound on which it stood, the ditches and embankments.
Wyeside Arts Centre
Movie theater
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wyeside Arts Centre is a movie theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanelwedd and Cilmery.
Llanelwedd
Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llanelwedd is a village and community near Builth Wells, in Powys, Wales. It lies within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire. Llanelwedd features the Royal Welsh Showground.
Cilmery
Village
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
Cilmeri is a village and community in Powys, mid-Wales, United Kingdom in the historic county of Brecknockshire, two and a half miles west of Builth Wells on the A483 to Llandovery. Cilmery is situated 2½ miles west of Builth Wells.
Llanganten
Hamlet
Llanganten is a small village in the community of Cilmeri, Powys, Wales. The church in the village is dedicated to St. Cannen and it lies alongside the river Chwefri. Until 1985 it was a community, when it became part of the new community of Cilmeri.
Builth Wells
- Categories: market town and locality
- Location: Builth, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.1493° or 52° 8′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.4058° or 3° 24′ 21″ westPopulation
2,830Elevation
427 feet (130 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BUIOpen location code
9C4R4HXV+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 29271479OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Builth Wells” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Builth Wells”
- Breton: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
- Bulgarian: “Билт Уелс”
- Catalan: “Builth Wells”
- Cebuano: “Builth Wells”
- Chinese: “比尔斯韦尔斯”
- Chinese: “比爾斯韋爾斯”
- Cornish: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
- Czech: “Builth Wells”
- Dutch: “Builth Wells”
- French: “Builth Wells”
- French: “Llanfair-ym-muallt”
- French: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
- French: “Llanfair-Ym-Muallt”
- German: “Builth Wells”
- German: “Llanfair ym Muallt”
- Irish: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
- Italian: “Builth Wells”
- Italian: “Llanfair ym Muallt”
- Japanese: “ビルス・ウェルス”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Builth Wells”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
- Norwegian: “Builth Wells”
- Persian: “بیلث ولز”
- Polish: “Builth Wells”
- Russian: “Билт Уэлс”
- Scots: “Builth Wells”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
- Spanish: “Builth Wells”
- Swedish: “Builth Wells”
- Welsh: “Buallt”
- Welsh: “Builth wells”
- Welsh: “Builth Wells”
- Welsh: “Llanfair ym Muallt”
- Welsh: “Llanfair-ym-Muallt”
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