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Llandrindod Wells Memorial Hospital
(
01597-822951; Temple St)
Police Station
(
101; High St)
10am-5.30pm Mon-Sat)
The tourist
Tourist Office
(
01597-822600;
www.llandrindod.co.uk
;
Temple St;
office is in the old town hall in the Memorial Gardens.
Getting There & Away
Bus routes include T4 to Builth Wells (22 minutes), Newtown (46 minutes) and Brecon
(one hour), and the X47 to Rhayader (24 minutes) and Aberystwyth (1½ hours).
By train, Llandrindod is on the Heart of Wales Line, with direct services to Swansea
(£11.70, 2½ hours), Llandeilo (£7.10, 1¼ hours), Llanwrtyd Wells (£3.90, 28 minutes),
Knighton (£4.30, 34 minutes) and Shrewsbury (£10.80, 1½ hours).
01597-736766;
www.procabsllandrindodwells.co.uk
)
If you need a taxi call Procabs.
Procabs
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Builth Wells & Around
Cilmery
Two miles before Builth Wells on the A483 is the place where Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the
last Welsh Prince of Wales, was killed in a chance encounter with a lone English soldier in
1282. The spot is marked with a sad obelisk of Caernarfon granite. The site is often
strewn with nationalist banners and pamphlets.
Builth Wells (Llanfair-Ym-Muallt)
POP 2350
Builth (pronounced bilth) Wells is by far the liveliest of the former spa towns, with a bust-
ling, workaday feel. Once the playground of the Welsh working classes, it has a pretty loc-
ation on the River Wye. While there are no attractions per se, it's a handy base for walkers
or cyclists tackling any of the long-distance paths that pass through.
