Llanidloes is a charming small town in the heart of Wales.

Get in

By plane

Llanidloes is a 2 hour drive from Liverpool (LPL ^IATA), Birmingham (BHX ^IATA) and Cardiff international airports (CWL ^IATA). The local airport, for chartered transport is at Welshpool 45 km (28 mi).

By train

Llanidloes is 11 km from Caersws train station, on the Aberystwyth to Birmingham line, via Shrewsbury.

By car

Llanidloes sits just off the A470 main road about 40 miles from the English border. From Birmingham and the Midlands, take the M54 through Telford, A458 and A483 through Shrewsbury, Welshpool and Newtown. From the south, the A470 offers a spectacular cross-country route from Cardiff.

See

• 1 Old Market Hall (Museum). House in the middle of the road. Has a two-headed lamb.  
• 2 Clywedog Reservoir. dam and scenic mountain road to Machynlleth (updated Dec 2016)

Buy

Llanidloes is a thriving town with a number of interesting independent shops, mostly located on Great Oak Street and Long and Short Bridge Streets. The success of the town as a shopping destination is partly down to the presence of Hafren Furnishers, a large independent furniture retailer which draws customers from all over Mid Wales and further afield.

Eat

• 1 Evans Fish Bar, 24 China St., ☏ +44 1686 412734. (updated Nov 2016)

Sleep

• 1 Trewythen Hotel, Great Oak St, ☏ +44 1686 411333. 
• 2 The Unicorn Hotel, 4-5 Long Bridge St., ☏ +44 70 9330 1215. 

Go next

• Devil's Bridge
• Ponterwyd
• Newtown
• Rhayader
• Machynlleth