Llanwrtyd Wells
Llanwrtyd Wells is a town and neighborhood in mid Powys, Wales, in the historical area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) on the Afon Irfon. The town gets on the A483 in between Llandovery as well as Builth Wells and is located near the pass in between the Tywi as well as Irfon valleys. The community also consists of the smaller sized settlements of Llanwrtyd as well as Abergwesyn, the valley of the Afon Irfon, and also a large part of the "Desert of Wales". With a population of 850 (United Kingdom Census 2011), it asserts to be the smallest town in Britain, although Fordwich in Kent has a smaller population. As opposed to its past background as a medical spa town, when hundreds gathered to take the waters for their declared medicinal results, the area is now better recognized for entertainments such as horse walking, hill biking, walking and birdwatching, and also for its yearly Man versus Horse Marathon, Beer Festival and also World Bog Snorkeling Championship. The town's biggest employer Charcroft Electronics is located in structures which were formerly the Dol-y-Coed Hotel. The hotel, on the financial institutions of the Irfon, dates from about 1535.