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It was held in a different town, every year in July, alternating between the north and the south, with a permanent showground at Llanelwedd near Builth Wells, first used on 23 July 1963. [9] [10] No show was held in 1915–18 , 1940–45 nor 2020–21 (COVID-19 pandemic). The latter years saw some events going virtual.
Being more populous, Builth dominates in the general perception of the area, and Llanelwedd's main network of streets can be perceived as part of the town rather than its own village. A station named after its neighbour, Builth Wells, was opened in the village on the former Mid-Wales Railway from Newtown to Brecon which ran through the village ...
The A483 Swansea-Manchester trunk road passes through the north-west, entering south of Llanwrtyd Wells and leaving north of Builth Wells. The A470 Cardiff-Glan Conway trunk road enters the county north of Merthyr Tydfil and, after by-passing Brecon, hugs the eastern border until it leaves the county when it crosses the River Wye at Builth Wells.
The remains of Builth Wells railway station in 1967. The town is served by Builth Road railway station on the Heart of Wales Line, which is located just over 2 miles to the north-west. The more central (Builth Wells) railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway was opened in 1864, and closed with the line in 1962 – actually before the Beeching ...
Llanwrtyd Wells grew in the 19th century as a spa town around the Ffynnon Ddrewllyd ("stinking well"), 1.5 miles from the much older settlement of Llanwrtyd. The town was also known as an eisteddfod site, and is the site of both the World Bog Snorkelling Championships and the annual Man versus Horse Marathon, as well as other annual events.
The British Rally Championship is a rallying series run over the course of a year, that comprises six tarmac and gravel surface events. [ 1 ] 2024 is to be the 66th season of the series. The season begins in Lancashire on 22 March and is due to conclude on 26 October in the Welsh forests.
The South of England Show is a county show held annually at its own showground in Ardingly, Sussex during June. [2] [3]The show was founded in 1967 and is organised by the South of England Agricultural Society, which has been patronised by Queen Elizabeth II and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, respectively.
From 2022 the Bakewell Agricultural and Horticultural Society ran a new one-day event, the Bakewell Country Festival [21] [22] in July instead of August, with the aim to run the new format in the future, fully replacing the Bakewell Show. [23] The new event repeated in 2023 and 2024, relegating the Bakewell Show to history.