Things to Do - Powys Pods

THINGS TO DO: PLACES, EVENTS & HISTORY

LOCAL EVENTS

With so much on offer in the local area, why not plan your holiday around some of these local events? Whether your planning your holiday as a couple, family or group or whether your interest is in walking, cycling, books, philosophy, music, art, agriculture, arts & crafts or cider then there's something for you. The Hay Literary Festival and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show are both major local events and well worth checking out (but remember it's also worth your booking your stay well in advance!).

There is a great list of events, shows and festivals here: www.hay-on-wye.co.uk or have a look below.

Listed in approx date order.
Hay Market, Thursdays: www.hay-on-wye.co.uk
Hay Literary Festival (Late May): www.hayfestival.com
HowTheLightGetsIn Philosophy & Music Festival (Late May): hay.htlgi.iai.tv
Royal Welsh Agricultural Show (late July) & Spring Festival (mid May): www.rwas.co.uk
Builth Bike Bash (July): builthbikebash.btck.co.uk
Vintage Steam Rally (in Hay, mid Aug): www.vintage-society.org
Brecon County Show (early Aug): www.breconcountyshow.co.uk
Brecon Jazz (mid Aug): breconjazz.com
Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival (late Aug): www.victorian-festival.co.uk
Kington Show (mid Sept): kingtonshow.co.uk
Kington Walking Festival (mid Sept): www.kingtonwalks.org
Herefordshire Art Week (mid Sept): www.h-art.org.uk
Hay Walking Festival (mid Oct): www.haywalkingfestival.com
Herefordshire Cider-Making Festival (Oct): www.cidermuseum.co.uk/events-exhibitions

local PLACES

If having a romantic stroll though the streets of our local Welsh Border towns is for you, if you and the kids want to explore the unique shops, or if browsing bookshops are your thing then you'll be spoilt for choice with so many local Powys and Herefordshire towns to choose from. So get your bearings for your stay at Powys Pods by having a look at the links below - where would you like to visit?

Listed by approx nearest first.
Painscastle & Rhosgoch (our local villages): www.painscastle-rhosgoch.co.uk
Hay-on-Wye (tourist market town & "The Town of Books"): www.hay-on-wye.co.uk
Kington (local market town): www.kington.org.uk
Builth Wells (local market town): builthwellsonline.co.uk
Talgarth (small market town): www.visittalgarth.co.uk
Presteigne (traditional market town): www.presteigne.org.uk
Brecon (cathedral town & centre of the Brecon Beacons): www.brecontowncouncil.org.uk
Llandrindod Wells (Victorian spa town): www.llandrindod.co.uk
Hereford (cathedral & cider city): www.hereford.co.uk
Rhyader (traditional market town & gateway to the Elan Valley): www.rhayader.co.uk

Or expand your search a little further and have a look at these websites:
Mid Wales: www.midwalesmyway.com
Mid Wales & Brecon Beacons: www.visitwales.com/explore/mid-wales/brecon-beacons

LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT

Looking for something different to do for a special occasion during your romantic getaway or just fancy an evening out during your stay? Check out these local venues - there's always something going on! The Globe in Hay-on-Wye has an itinerary packed full of all sorts of events, so is well worth checking out.

Baskerville Hall (Clyro): www.baskervillehall.co.uk
Richard Booth's Cinema (Hay): tickets.boothbooks.co.uk
The Globe (Hay): www.globeathay.org
Wyeside Cinema (Builth Wells): www.wyeside.co.uk
Theatre Brycheiniog (Brecon): www.brycheiniog.co.uk
The Courtyard (Hereford): www.courtyard.org.uk

local HISTORY

If history is your thing, then there's some great local castles to visit, amongst other things! We are also in the heart of "Kilvert's Country", and a little further afield you can visit Big Pit Coal Museum to find out about the mining heritage of the Welsh Valleys, or the Geopark to learn about the geological history of an area of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Local History (in the making): www.painscastle-rhosgoch.co.uk/history.html
History tours in Hay-on-Wye: www.haytours.org
Painscastle Castle: www.castlewales.com/pains.html
Hay Castle: www.castlewales.com/hay.html (and info about the restoration haycastletrust.org)
Bronllys Castle: www.castlewales.com/bronllys.html
Castles in the Brecon Beacons: www.breconbeacons.org/castles
Kilvert's Diary: www.thekilvertsociety.org.uk/kilverts-diary
The Hound of the Baskervilles (perhaps!): www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-16637408
Old Railways: www.erwoodstation.com/history-of-erwood-station/
Llewellyn's Cave: erwoodstationcraftcentre.wordpress.com/local-walks/
Kington Museum: kingtonmuseum.org.uk
The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh Infantry: royalwelsh.org.uk/regimental-museum-of-the-royal-welsh.shtml
Hereford Cathedral & Mappa Mundi: www.herefordcathedral.org/visit-us/mappa-mundi-1
Big Pit Coal Museum: museum.wales/bigpit
Fforest Fawr Geopark: www.fforestfawrgeopark.org.uk

Are we missing a link? Let us know!