Rhayader is a market community, community as well as selecting ward in Radnorshire, Powys, main Wales. The community is just one of the major centres of population in the historical county of Radnorshire as well as has a population of 2,088. 55% of the community have some kind of Welsh identity according to the 2011 census. It is the very first town on the banks of the River Wye, 20 miles (32 kilometres) from its resource on the Plynlimon series of the Cambrian Mountains. It is located approximately midway in between North as well as south Wales on the A470, 13 miles north of Builth Wells as well as 30 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44 - 2 of Wales' essential trunk roads.Rhayader and its surrounding areas are supported by development organisation Rhayader 2000 Ltd, established in 1996 to revitalize Rhayader's economic climate. Rhayader 2000 Ltd is a voluntary sector organisation standing for a random sample of the local community. It develops links with Powys County Council, Rhayader Town Council, local services and also philanthropic as well as voluntary organisations.