Rhayader is a market town, area and also selecting ward in Radnorshire, Powys, main Wales. The town is just one of the principal centres of population in the historic county of Radnorshire and has a population of 2,088. 55% of the area have some form of Welsh identity according to the 2011 census. It is the very first community on the financial institutions of the River Wye, 20 miles (32 km) from its resource on the Plynlimon range of the Cambrian Mountains. It is situated approximately midway between North and southern Wales on the A470, 13 miles north of Builth Wells and 30 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44 - two of Wales' most important trunk roads.Rhayader and also its surrounding areas are sustained by development organisation Rhayader 2000 Ltd, established in 1996 to revive Rhayader's economy. Rhayader 2000 Ltd is a volunteer field organisation standing for a cross section of the local neighborhood. It constructs relate to Powys County Council, Rhayader Town Council, neighborhood companies as well as charitable as well as voluntary organisations.