Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Builth Wells C.P. School is the nearest published school at 373 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LD2 3RE
Builth · Powys · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Builth Wells
- Ward
- Builth
- Local authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Postcode district
- LD2
- Postcode sector
- LD2 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LD2 3RE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 2005
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LD
- Postcode district
- LD2
- Postcode sector
- LD2 3
- Latitude
- 52.145906
- Longitude
- -3.413782
- British National Grid easting
- 303,356
- British National Grid northing
- 250,677
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Powys · W06000023
- Electoral ward
- Builth · W05001123
- Parish or community
- W04000257
- Westminster constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
- Output area
- W00002295
- Lower layer super output area
- Powys 014B · W01000432
- Middle layer super output area
- Powys 014 · W02000110
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LD2
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, The Brambles, Builth Wells, LD2 3RE | 31 May 2006 | £290,000 |
| 2, The Brambles, Builth Wells, LD2 3RE | 12 April 2001 | £110,000 |
| 1, The Brambles, Builth Wells, LD2 3RE | 30 March 2001 | £95,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 373 m
Builth Wells C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 738 m
Ysgol Bro Epynt
Welsh establishment
- 738 m
Ysgol Calon Cymru
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 249
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 124
- Anti social behaviour 25
- Criminal damage and arson 25
- Public order 20
- Shoplifting 12
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 6
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 3.0
- LD2 3 residents
- 5,610
3 female, 3 male
Age bands in LD2 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 29.5%
793 residents
506 residents
1,054 residents
1,594 residents
1,655 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LD2 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
within 5 km
MAESYCOED
BUILTH WELLS MEDICAL PRACTICE, GLANDWR PARK, BUILTH WELLS, LD2 3DZ
ODS code W96007
479 m
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Hospital Road
BCT · Builth Wells
- 0.3 miles
Pendre Surgery
BCT · Builth Wells
- 0.3 miles
Broadway
BCT · Builth Wells
- 0.4 miles
Brynhyfryd
BCT · Builth Wells
- 0.4 miles
Builth Wells High School
BCT · Builth Wells
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
249 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 124 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.