The name Builth, in Welsh Buallt or perhaps Buellt, is older than the town to which it now refers. Buallt/Buellt originally applied to the Cantref or Hundred, an area within the old Welsh administrative system. The Cantref of Buallt/Buellt was an area of land between the rivers Wye and Tywi and north of a line drawn roughly between Erwood and Llanwrtyd, covering an area of some 174 miles. It has long been thought the name of the Cantref, and later the town, came from the Welsh words 'Bu' and 'Allt', and could be translated as 'The Wild Ox of the Wooded Slope'
The large 18th century bridge, that carries the main road from the town centre towards the Royal Welsh Showground and the roads north.
Bronze statue of a Black Welsh bull, reflecting Builth Wells importance as a central market for beef cattle in past times
At the main road junction in the town, a gable end bears this remarkable depiction of a scene from the Mabinogion - the legendary history of Wales.
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