Llanwrthwl is a small, sparsely populated community in Powys, Wales, set in the rolling river valleys and upland moorland of mid‑Wales. The landscape is dominated by mixed sheep and cattle farmland, hedgerows and pockets of forestry, and the area is popular with walkers and anglers seeking quiet riverside routes and wide views rather than big tourism infrastructure.
Locally the village feels traditionally rural, centred on a small parish church named for an early Welsh saint and a handful of homes and farms. The economy remains largely agricultural with a growing contribution from holiday lets and outdoor pursuits; socially there is a tight‑knit community with occasional village events, while the surrounding countryside contains traces of earlier settlement and prehistoric field systems typical of the region.
Postcode districts covering Llanwrthwl
Most populated places nearby
- Newtown 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn 19.7 miles31.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Rhayader Built-up area 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Nantmel Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Newbridge-on-Wye Built-up area 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Llanyre Built-up area 4.3 miles6.8 km
- Llanyre with Nantmel Ward 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Llanafanfawr with Garth Ward 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Llanafanfawr Parish 5 miles8.1 km
- Llandrindod North Ward 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Llandrindod Wells Built-up area 5.6 miles9 km
- Llandrindod South Ward 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Disserth and Trecoed Parish 6 miles9.7 km
- Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge Ward 6 miles9.7 km
Example postcodes in Llanwrthwl
LD1 6NR, LD1 6NP, LD1 6NS, LD1 6HE, LD1 6NY, LD1 6NU, LD1 6NT
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 60.1 miles96.7 km
- Bristol Airport 69.3 miles111.5 km
- Llandrindod Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Builth Road Railway Station 7.1 miles11.4 km
Hotels near Llanwrthwl Ad
- Bell Country Inn 4 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Ty Morgans 4 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Llanerch Inn 3 5.3 miles8.6 km
- The Elan Hotel 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Greyhound Hotel 8.7 miles14 km
- The Llanelwedd Arms Hotel 8.7 miles13.9 km
- The Hotel Commodore 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Metropole Hotel and Spa 4 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Neuadd Henllan Lodge 3 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Hampton 5.5 miles8.8 km
Local points of interest
- Rhayader Stadium 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Mynydd Eppynt Mountains 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Cambrian Mountains Mountains 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Caersws FC Stadium 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Kerry Hill Hill 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Plynlimon Mountains 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Latham Park Stadium 19 miles30.5 km