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Living & working in Powys

Find your place, plan your move and prepare to start. A free guide for doctors, healthcare colleagues and their families.

Choose your town ↓Prepare for your arrival →
A useful place to start

Your next chapter in Powys.

For clinical fellows, specialty doctors, specialists, consultants and the wider healthcare team. Explore three town guides, then use the practical directories to plan work, home and family life together.

Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) works across a rural county. Start by confirming your actual work base and travel requirements, then compare places to live.

Three local starting points

Where will you be based?

01 / North Powys

Newtown →

Y Drenewydd

Montgomeryshire County Infirmary

  • Hospital & arrival information
  • Local letting agent & GP practice
  • Travel, schools & settling in
Explore Newtown →
03 / South Powys

Brecon →

Aberhonddu

Breconshire War Memorial Hospital

  • Hospital & arrival information
  • Local letting agent & GP practice
  • Travel, schools & settling in
Explore Brecon →
Plan your move

Practical answers, in one place.

Powys & PTHB

Understand your place of work →

An introduction to the local hospital network, with reliable starting points for finding your site and preparing for arrival.

Relocation

Find somewhere to live →

Local letting contacts, accommodation searches and practical questions to ask before committing to a home.

Travel & daily life

Plan the whole journey →

Bus and rail starting points, and a practical approach to commuting between rural communities and hospital sites.

Life beyond work

Schools, childcare & settling in →

Find the right council services and make a plan for your household before moving.

GPs, pharmacies & dentists

Arrange your own healthcare →

How to find a local GP and prepare for continuity of care when moving to Powys.

Before you start

Your arrival checklist →

A practical preparation list for clinical fellows, specialty doctors, specialists and consultants—and a useful starting point for other staff.