The Groe — Attraction in Builth

Probably lovely if you're a visitor to the area, though so many of the beautiful big trees that were planted 100 years ago as an arboretum have been chopped down that the park is somewhat spoiled by their stark straggly bare trunks, or fungus encrusted stumps. For those of us who live here it has become tedious. I call it the hamster wheel. Try the local cafés, they're lovely, as long as you don't have food intolerances or restrictions. And there's 4 independent clothes shops in the high street, and a really good independent food shop selling brands you won't have seen in the...

A pleasant place for a stroll along the river Wye, the avenue of trees may not match the dramatics of the one used in 'The Game of Thrones', but it's a lovely feature especially on a sunny day. Each time I have walked the path I have been rewarded with wildlife, from jumping fish to Sand Martin's darting in out out of there nests...

Car park and park right on the river. This is a fabulous facility for the town giving direct access to the Wye Valley Walk. We walked upriver towards Newbridge and it is beautiful. The only negative is the amount of trees we seem to be loosing to Ash die back and storm damage. On the plus side there have been hundreds of...