Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:53 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:20 am – 4:04 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People6,840 residentsin the Builth Wells & Llanwrtyd Wells census areaMedian age 52.13,149 households72% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright9% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,241 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, farming, forestry and fishing 13%, construction 11%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 53% go by car, 9% walk or cycle38% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 10°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C1,666 mm of rain a year, 58 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December61 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksEsgair Moelmountain · under a milePen y Ddinasmountain · 1.5 miAbernant Lakelake · under a mileSgwd Wenwaterfall · 1.6 miGarn Dwadhill · 1.2 miY Foelhill · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Dolwen Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes100 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199034 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202622 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 1.6 · PM2.5 4.1 · PM10 6.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband71% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband83% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)3.5% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,377 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation205 m673 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 186 to 394 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBuilth Wells Hospital10 miGP surgeryMaesycoed10 miPharmacyHow Pharm LTDright hereDentistGlan Irfon9.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryYsgol Dolafon41 pupilsright hereSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL51 miRailway stationLlanwrtydLlanwrtyd Wellsunder a mileBus stationLlandrindod Wells Interchange 414 miBus stops6 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LD5 postcode district.
