Builth Wells

Builth Wells is a city and network in the county of Powys, inside the historical boundaries of Brecknockshire Breconshire, mid Wales, lying on the confluence of the River Wye and the River Irfon, in the Welsh or Upper phase of the Wye Valley. It has a populace of 2,568. The city is served by way of Builth Road railway station at the Heart of Wales Line, that's placed simply over a mile to the north, having lost its more vital Builth Wells railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway inside the 1960s beneath the Beeching Axe. A devoted cycle direction linking the city with Swansea NCR 43 has been proposed and a 13-mile segment of the course from Swansea has already been advanced.

One of the primary Wales north-south trunk roads, the A483, passes thru the city, the use of the previous railway direction. As of June 2009 a part of this street, together with the opposite major route through town A470, is the situation of a delivery study through the Welsh Assembly to assist alleviate site visitors congestion inside the city centre Builth Castle turned into a castle constructed beneath King Edward I, simply outdoor Builth Wells, Powys, Wales. At one time it was an excellent stone-constructed fortress however all the masonry has been removed through the years and all that remains are the mound on which it stood, the ditches and embankments.