Welcome to Llandrindod Wells

County Town of Powys

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1. Memorial Gardens
Outside the Town Information Office. Here you will find general information about the Town, the Town Hall, Museum and the Metropole Hotel. Now make your way across the main road (there is a pedestrian crossing) into Temple Gardens.

2. Temple Gardens
This display is on the pavement beyond the Band Stand. Details of Temple Gardens, Lindens Walk, the Stone Circle that used to stand here, the Glen Usk and Commodore Hotels. Now walk along Middleton Street, the main shopping street of our town today.

3. Middleton Street
You will find the display outside the Post Office across the road from the end of Middleton Street. There are details here of our oldest shops and some, such as the Central Wales Emporium and the Oriental Bazaar, that have now been replaced by modern retail premises.

4. The Station
Outside the Railway Station you will find a board giving details of The Heart of Wales Railway Line which arrived here in 1865 and continues to opterate to this day. The Old Signal Box is now a Museum to the Age of Steam Railways.

5. The High Street
Cross over the Railway foot-bridge ans turn Left past the Police Station. You will find the display board half way along the pavement near the Car Parking Area. Details here of the Old County Hall (Now the Magistrates Court), the site of the Market and Assembly Rooms and the Llanerch Inn.

6. The Gwalia
The board is to the Left of the former Gwalia Hotel and at the far end of the High Street and theEntrance to the Rock Park. Details here of the former Gwalia Hotel, the Albert Hall and the Presbyterian Church and the former Christ Church Congregational Chapel. Now walk down the path to the Rock Park Centre and Restaurant.

7. Rock Park Spa & Treatment Centre
This board faces the Spa Buildings and contains details of the Waters of Llandrindod Spa and their history. You will now need to retrace your steps through the Rock Park and chose another path to take you back to the Town, up Spa Crescent and back to Temple Gardens. Continue up the hill past the Gardens and turn Left past Holy Trinity Church and walk down the path to the Left of the Car Park opposite the Pavilion.

8. The Pavilion and Holy Trinity
Details here of the Grand Pavilion and Holy Trinity Church and Their History. From here you can also see the newer Indoor Bowling Centre. Now either walk through the narrow path past the Dance Centre or retrace your steps and walk down Spa Road, accross the Main Road adain at Five Ways and follow the directions to the Lake. You will find the next board just aroung the corner at the Back of the Automobile Palace.

9. The Autopalace
This now contains the National Bicycle Exhibition and Shops. There are details here of its history and of the Ye Wells Hotel opposite - Now Coleg Powys. Now walk up the hill to the lake.

10. The Lake
This Display id just this side of the Lake Cafe as you approach the Lake. Details here also of the Old Parish Church, Llandrindod Hall and the Golf Course on the Hill beyond thr Lake.

11. The Pump House Hotel
This Display is outside the present Powys County Council building and gives details of the history of the former Pump House and Hotel that once stood here.