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Monday 10am - 2pm Tuesday 10am - 3pm Wednesday 10am - 3pm Thursday 10am - 3pm Friday 10am - 3pm Saturday 10am - 2pm

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Builth Wells Heritage Society

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Builth Wells and District Heritage Society has been in existence for 40 years. Our office is open daily at 14 High St.

We hold monthly meetings with a variety of speakers at our venue, the TIC at the Groe carpark on the beautiful banks of the river.

03/11/2026

Don’t forget to attend our November Talk by Rob Warlow.

02/11/2026

Another picture of old Builth taken from the castle mound. The bridge and the row of cottages seen in the earlier picture I posted can be clearly seen and the farm buildings opposite. We can make out the early railway yard and Llanelwedd Arms. I guess it’s circa 1870?

21/10/2026

This is a very early photograph of Builth. Can you guess where it is? Clue - none of the buildings still exist.

19/10/2026

The Co-op support has been amazing. Please choose us as your Charity, it costs you nothing but means so much to us. Click on the picture below for details, I repeat - it costs you absolutely nothing.
If you are not a Co-op member join today and select Builth Tourism & Heritage Centre as your charity. Thanks to all our loyal supporters

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18/10/2026

A date for your diary

18/10/2026

Nice pic of Builth Male Choir taken in St Mary’s Church c1995 I guess, plenty of familiar faces, sadly many are no longer here.

17/10/2026

Traditionally, October 15th was the day of the Llangammarch Horse Fair which by the 1890s was the biggest pony fair in Wales and well known throughout Britain.

Llangammarch lies in the foothills of Mynydd Epynt, where local farmers had the grazing rights of over 34,000 acres of mountain upland. The Epynt has been associated with horse-breeding for centuries with the name probably derived from the name of the Celtic goddess Epona, the protector of horses, and the leader of souls to the underworld in the afterlife.

In the weeks before the Fair, farmers would gather their ponies and early on the day of the Fair, hundreds of horses would be driven off the Eppynt down to Llangammarch, where the village's long street was soon packed with ponies and horses, carthorses and cobs. As horses and ponies were the main form of transport at the time, as well as being vital for farm work, driving livestock and for use as pit ponies, dealers would come from all over Wales, Ireland and the midlands and southern counties of England. Some of the horses were also destined for the culinary markets of Belgium and France. There were no auctioneers and deals were struck by the clap of hands and payment in cash. Ponies and horses sold at the Fair were then driven to Garth railway station where special trains were laid on for their onward transportation. There would also be various stalls selling clothes and anything and everything connected with horses. Local residents sold refreshments to the fairgoers and there would be much celebration in Llangammarch's pubs and hotels.

The purchase of several thousand acres of Mynydd Epynt by the Ministry of Defence in 1939, for use as a training area, resulted in the removal of the ponies, which combined with the introduction of more efficient tractors used for farmwork saw a rapid decline for Llangammarch's Horse Fair and by the last years of the 1940s, it had disappeared.

https://www.llangammarchhistory.co.uk/horse-fairs.html

14/10/2026

These books are like hen’s teeth. We have this one for sale it’s not new so we are asking £8.50. For sale in the Centre . First come first served. They are out of print.

12/10/2026

Interesting post on Photos and memories of Llandrindod. Had to show it as so many Builth Wells players in both teams

11/10/2026

Here are a couple of interesting pictures. Margaret Thatcher during a walkabout in Builth c1978, with our own PC Arthur Lewis looking after her; also a de-screened picture of another Builth PC at his retirement. How many more do you recognise?
Back then the police station (and magistrates court) was in Castle Street. There were several officers living among us and we knew them and they were always about the town checking the pubs for underage and after-time drinking. The police station was always open and we felt safe having our local bobbieslooking after us. Another service we seem to have lost.
Well it is Sunday so I guess it’s ok to hijack the pulpit!

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14 High Street
Builth Wells
LD23DN

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 2pm
Tuesday	10am - 3pm
Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 3pm
Friday	10am - 3pm
Saturday	10am - 2pm

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