Llanwrtyd Wells is a village and neighborhood in mid Powys, Wales, in the historical county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) on the Afon Irfon. The community is on the A483 between Llandovery and Builth Wells and lies near the pass in between the Tywi as well as Irfon valleys. The community additionally includes the smaller negotiations of Llanwrtyd and also Abergwesyn, the valley of the Afon Irfon, and also a big 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 population. In comparison to its past history as a spa town, when hundreds crowded to take the waters for their asserted medicinal effects, the location is currently much better known for leisures such as horse walking, hill biking, walking as well as birdwatching, and for its yearly Man versus Horse Marathon, Beer Event as well as World Bog Snorkeling Championship. The town's biggest employer Charcroft Electronics is located in buildings which were formerly the Dol-y-Coed Hotel. The resort, on the financial institutions of the Irfon, days from about 1535.