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