Builth Wells

Builth Wells is covered by postcode district LD2. It is in the Powys council area, Wales.

Typical price £275,000 Homes sold in Builth Wells, last 12 months. ▲ 10% on the year before Gigabit broadband 68 of 85 postcodes where every home and business can get it Nearest station Builth Road 2.7 km from the middle, in a straight line GP practices 1 at its postcodes

Every postcode in Builth Wells, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in Builth Wells, by gigabit broadband Of the 86 postcodes in Builth Wells that ONS places, 1 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can, 68 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Builth Wells. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A470 LD2 3DD: no Ofcom figureLD2 3AB: gigabit for allLD2 3AD: gigabit for allLD2 3AG: gigabit for allLD2 3AP: gigabit for allLD2 3AR: gigabit for allLD2 3AS: gigabit for allLD2 3AT: gigabit for allLD2 3AU: gigabit for allLD2 3AY: gigabit for allLD2 3BB: gigabit for allLD2 3BD: gigabit for allLD2 3BE: gigabit for allLD2 3BF: gigabit for allLD2 3BG: gigabit for allLD2 3BH: gigabit for allLD2 3BL: gigabit for allLD2 3BN: gigabit for allLD2 3BS: gigabit for allLD2 3BT: gigabit for allLD2 3BU: gigabit for allLD2 3BY: gigabit for allLD2 3DA: gigabit for allLD2 3DB: gigabit for allLD2 3DE: gigabit for allLD2 3DF: gigabit for allLD2 3DG: gigabit for allLD2 3DH: gigabit for allLD2 3DJ: gigabit for allLD2 3DL: gigabit for allLD2 3DR: gigabit for allLD2 3DT: gigabit for allLD2 3DU: gigabit for allLD2 3DW: gigabit for allLD2 3DX: gigabit for allLD2 3DY: gigabit for allLD2 3EA: gigabit for allLD2 3EB: gigabit for allLD2 3EE: gigabit for allLD2 3EG: gigabit for allLD2 3EH: gigabit for allLD2 3EL: gigabit for allLD2 3EN: gigabit for allLD2 3EP: gigabit for allLD2 3ER: gigabit for allLD2 3ES: gigabit for allLD2 3ET: gigabit for allLD2 3EU: gigabit for allLD2 3EW: gigabit for allLD2 3EY: gigabit for allLD2 3FD: gigabit for allLD2 3FE: gigabit for allLD2 3GA: gigabit for allLD2 3GF: gigabit for allLD2 3GG: gigabit for allLD2 3HA: gigabit for allLD2 3HB: gigabit for allLD2 3HG: gigabit for allLD2 3LD: gigabit for allLD2 3LE: gigabit for allLD2 3LF: gigabit for allLD2 3NF: gigabit for allLD2 3NG: gigabit for allLD2 3NH: gigabit for allLD2 3NX: gigabit for allLD2 3RE: gigabit for allLD2 3US: gigabit for allLD2 3YL: gigabit for allLD2 3AA: some gigabitLD2 3AH: some gigabitLD2 3AL: some gigabitLD2 3AN: some gigabitLD2 3AW: some gigabitLD2 3BA: some gigabitLD2 3BP: some gigabitLD2 3DN: some gigabitLD2 3DP: some gigabitLD2 3DS: some gigabitLD2 3ED: some gigabitLD2 3EF: some gigabitLD2 3HE: some gigabitLD2 3HF: some gigabitLD2 3NL: some gigabitLD2 3NN: some gigabitLD2 3BW: no gigabit Builth Wells Map of every postcode in Builth Wells, by gigabit broadband Of the 86 postcodes in Builth Wells that ONS places, 1 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can, 68 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Builth Wells. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Builth Wells
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 1
  • Some can get gigabit: 16
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 68
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 1

Of the 86 postcodes in Builth Wells that ONS places, 1 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can, 68 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.1490, longitude -3.4047. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Postcodes without gigabit

LD2 3BW

What is it like to live in Builth Wells?

Homes sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10% on the 12 months before. At 68 of the 85 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Builth Road, 2.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Builth Wells?

Homes in Builth Wells sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 27 sales, up 10% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£275,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£250,000
12 months to August 2026
£275,000

▲ up 10% on the 12 months before

Detached£310,000 14 sales
Semi-detached£248,500 8 sales
Terraced£177,500 5 sales

Across the whole LD2 district, Builth Wells's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Builth Wells: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Builth Wells?

None of the 86 postcodes now in use in Builth Wells came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 38 homes sold in Builth Wells were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LD2 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Builth WellsAcross the LD2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 27 (0%) 0 of 47 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 38 (0%) 0 of 61 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Builth Wells?

Ofcom reports on 85 of the 86 postcodes in Builth Wells. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit68 of 85
Postcodes where every home can get superfast82 of 85

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How far is the station from Builth Wells?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Builth Wells is Builth Road Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Builth Road Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Cilmeri Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Garth (Powys) Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Builth Wells?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Builth Wells. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Builth Wells safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 266 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Builth Wells over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 11 September 2025
  2. 19 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 7 December 2025
  5. 23 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 13 March 2026
  8. 31 April 2026
  9. 24 May 2026
  10. 13 June 2026
  11. 61 July 2026
  12. 20 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences132 reports
Anti-social behaviour35 reports
Public order23 reports
Criminal damage and arson20 reports
Shoplifting10 reports
Burglary9 reports
Other theft9 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: other crime 8, vehicle crime 7, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Builth Wells?

Council
Powys
Parliamentary constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Police force area
Dyfed-Powys
Country
Wales
MP
David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat)

All 86 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Builth Wells

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Builth Wells postcodes

86 postcodes in use in Builth Wells, by district:

LD2 postcode district,86 postcodes

That district is in the LD postcode area.

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Places near Builth Wells

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Builth Wells's £275,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Llandrindod Wells10.5 km, £230,000Rhayader18.4 km, £175,000Talgarth20.7 km, £219,000Hay-on-Wye20.8 km, £310,000Brecon22.4 km, £250,000Kington26.3 km, £201,250Presteigne30.5 km, £241,000Llandovery31.8 km, £180,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Builth Wells

What is it like to live in Builth Wells?
Homes sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10% on the 12 months before. At 68 of the 85 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Builth Road, 2.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Builth Wells?
Builth Wells is covered by postcode district LD2, across 86 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Builth Wells in?
Builth Wells is in the Powys council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Builth Wells?
Builth Wells is in the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe parliamentary constituency. Its MP is David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Builth Wells?
Homes in Builth Wells sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 27 sales, up 10% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
Does Builth Wells have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Builth Wells is Builth Road, 2.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Builth Wells?
Ofcom reports on 85 of the 86 postcodes in Builth Wells. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Are new homes being built in Builth Wells?
None of the 86 postcodes now in use in Builth Wells came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 38 homes sold in Builth Wells were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LD2 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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