But they did a great deal to make 'taking the waters' fashionable and very popular.
The arrival of the steam railways made it much easier for working people to travel to the inland spa resorts which had previously been restricted to the better off.
Llandrindod Wells became, for many years, a busy holiday centre which drew large numbers of summer season visitors from many parts of England and Wales.
Summer
visitors in the Rock Park,
Llandrindod Wells.
Llandrindod Wells.
