Builth Wells

Builth Wells (the vowels of "Builth" are pronounced like build; Welsh: Llanfair-ym-Muallt) is a market town in Brecknockshire, Wales, UK.

Get in

By car

Two of the main trunk roads though Wales, the A483 Swansea-Chester and the A470 Cardiff-Llandudno, go though the town.

By train

• 1 Builth Road railway station. On the Heart of Wales Line from Craven Arms in Shropshire (where there are connections from Shrewsbury) to Llanelli (updated Oct 2016)

See

• 1 Builth Castle. A castle built by King Edward I. Only the mound on which it stood, the ditches and embankments remain. (updated Oct 2016)

Do

Event

• Royal Welsh Show: . One of the largest agricultural shows in Europe.  (date needs fixing)

Eat

• 1 The Lamb, Broad Street. Nic & Petra who have developed an excellent bar snack menu complemented by excellent real ales and a wide range of beers, lagers and cider many on hand pull and are all kept to a very high standard. Well worth a visit when you are in the area especially Welsh Show week and Motorcycle weekend when there is usually a real ale beer festival in the beer garden. 

Sleep

• 1 The Drawing Room Restaurant with Rooms, alongside the A470, north of Builth Wells, ☏ +44 1982 552493, post@the-drawing-room.co.uk. A beautiful five-star, two-rosette restaurant with rooms that started life as a Georgian country residence built in 1725. 
• 2 Carregywen Farmhouse, Rhosferig, Builth Wells. Self-catering accommodation that sleeps up to 8 people a few miles outside the town centre. 
• 3 Fforest Fields Caravan & Camping Park, Fforest Fields, Hundred House (a few miles from Builth Wells), ☏ +44 1982 570406, office@fforestfields.co.uk. David Bellamy Gold Award for their environmental conservation. £20 per caravan per night. 
• 4 Llangoed Hall, Llyswen, Brecon LD3 0YP (off A470), ☏ +44 1874 754525. Superb hotel in a Jacobean mansion, great dining. B&B double from £160. (updated May 2020)
• 5 The Lake, Llangammarch Wells LD4 4BS, ☏ +44 1591 620202. Cod Tudor building, now a spa hotel, gets great reviews for comfort and dining, including from Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1912. B&B double £175. (updated May 2020)
• 6 The Drawing Room, Cwmbach LD2 3RT (off A470 three miles north of town), ☏ +44 1982 552493. Charming restaurant with rooms near the Elan valley. No children under 12 or dogs. Double half-board £240. (updated Jun 2020)

Go next

• Llanwrtyd Wells
• Llandrindod Wells
• Rhayader
• Brecon
• Hay-on-Wye