By car
From Builth Wells
No matter which way you approach Builth Wells, go into town and follow the one-way system up Broad Street (which is also at some point called High Street). At the top of Broad turn left as the road veers right. This turn is signposted for Upper Chapel. Then turn right almost immediately, signed for Upper Chapel and Brecon. Just ahead are stoplights opposite the Co-op. From these lights, it is 4.1 miles to a cattle grid. Once over the grid, you are on the common. Take the first turn after the cattle grid. (This is 4.5 miles in total from the Co-op.) The turn, to the right, is onto a narrow single track road and marked by their black FARMERS’ sign, and another for Blaenbwch. Just in, there’s a sign saying no heavy goods vehicles. Follow this road for 1.3 miles (seems longer) and you will find FARMERS’ Welsh Lavender. The owners’ house is very close to the road and has a sundial on the front. Turn right into the car park and see Pantechnicon Powys at the end of the yard.
From Hay-on-Wye
This is a shorter and prettier driver than travelling via Builth Wells from Hay:
Leave Hay via the B4350 and turn right at Three Cocks onto the A4079. Turn right at the roundabout in the direction of Builth Wells. You are soon on the A470. A couple of fields past Erwood there’s a turning to the left signed for Gwenddwr. This road takes you up over the high ground to the B4520 (which connects Builth Wells to Brecon). Although this road is signed for Gwenddwr you do not go to Gwenddwr. Instead, at the top of the climb turn right as the road winds left. The River Wye is down to your right but you lose sight of it as you make that right turn. After several miles, the road winds down low as it meets the B4520. Turn left and take care as it’s very steep. Soon you’ll be up high again. Take the first turn after the cattle grid onto a narrow single track road and marked by the black FARMERS’ sign, and another for Blaenbwch.
Just in, there’s a sign saying no heavy goods vehicles. Follow this road for 1.3 miles and you will find the owners. The owners’ house is very close to the road and has a sundial on the front. Turn right into the car park and see Pantechnicon Powys at the end of the yard.
From the South via Brecon (if you come from Brecon do NOT go to Builth – it’s miles out of your way)
Find Brecon Cathedral and use it as your departure point from Brecon. The turning for the owners’ house is off this road (the B4520) around 12 miles from the cathedral.
You’ll go through Lower Chapel and Upper Chapel (9 miles from the cathedral). The turn is three miles past Upper Chapel.
After Upper Chapel the road climbs high onto the common ground and you’ll cross a cattle grid (NOT the cattle grid mentioned in above directions). When the road descends you’ll see a white house on the left, stables and a pond. The road climbs again immediately and the turn is at the top of the hill.
The turn, to the left, is onto a narrow single track road and marked by the black FARMERS’ sign, and another for Blaenbwch. Just in, there’s a sign saying no heavy goods vehicles. Follow this road for 1.3 miles and you will find them. FARMERS’ Welsh Lavender is the next farm along. The owners’ house is very close to the road and has a sundial on the front. Turn right into the car park and see Pantechnicon Powys at the end of the yard.
Parking is right beside the accommodation.
By public transport
The nearest train station is Builth Road, 9 miles away
The nearest bus stop is Builth Wells, 6 miles away