Builth Wells

The cantref of Buellt, which lends its name to the modern town, was centered around Builth, and remained unusually independent of larger powers during the Early Middle Ages. The first major development recorded at the location of modern Builth was an 11th-century Norman motte-and-bailey castle, built by the marcher lord Philip de Braose on the banks of the Wye, where it overlooked an important ford across the river. Due to its highly strategic position, the castle regularly traded hands between the native Welsh princes and the marcher lords vying for control of the Welsh Marches. Later on, during his conquest of Wales in the late 13th century, the English king Edward I ordered the…

.]] above the former Post Office]] Builth Wells has a large number of Grade II listed buildings and fixtures. A plaque on the wall of the post office stakes its claim as the only in England and Wales to bear a contemporary inscription to less-than-one-year monarch Edward VIII. The claim can be qualified to active post offices as the former one in Bradford-on-Avon has a similar insignia. After a small health centre opened in the town, Builth Wells Hospital closed in 2013. In the centre of the town is a large mural (about 35 ft by 30 ft wide) depicting , who was killed at the Battle of Orewin Bridge in nearby Cilmeri on 11 December 1282.