What is the Smallest Town in Britain?
What is the Smallest Town in Britain?I’ve heard that a place called Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales is the smallest town in Britain. What makes it a town? And and what will I find when I get there? Answer: Llanwrtyd in Powys, Mid-Wales, is officially the smallest town in Britain. With a population of 700, it’s not the smallest settlement – there are villages and hamlets much smaller. What makes it a town is its ancient charter and its town council form of government. In all likelihood it was a market town for its region. Traditionally, places granted permission by the king or the local lords to hold regularly scheduled markets received a charter which conferred “town” status upon them. Why Would I Be Interested in Such a Small Town? Llanwrtyd Wells is the sort of place where pub conversations turn into some very weird and wacky events. Located between the Cambrian Mountains and the Brecon Beacons, Llanwrtyd Wells is a center for mountain biking and walking vacations. Britain’s smallest town a
