Llanwrtyd Wells
Llanwrtyd Wells is a village and area in mid Powys, Wales, in the historical region of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) on the Afon Irfon. The town is on the A483 between Llandovery and also Builth Wells and is located near the pass between the Tywi and also Irfon valleys. The neighborhood additionally includes the smaller settlements of Llanwrtyd as well as Abergwesyn, the valley of the Afon Irfon, and also a huge part of the "Desert of Wales". With a population of 850 (United Kingdom Census 2011), it asserts to be the tiniest community in Britain, although Fordwich in Kent has a smaller sized population. Unlike its past background as a health spa community, when hundreds crowded to take the waters for their claimed medical effects, the area is now better known for entertainments such as pony walking, mountain cycling, strolling as well as birdwatching, as well as for its annual Man versus Horse Marathon, Beer Celebration as well as World Bog Snorkeling Championship. The community's largest employer Charcroft Electronics lies in structures which were formerly the Dol-y-Coed Hotel. The resort, on the financial institutions of the Irfon, dates from about 1535.
