Despite its urban character, the district is in its large part covered with forests and farming grounds, typical for mountainous regions. The vicinity of Walbrzych has an enormous influence over the town's character. The two administrative units border on each other with the distance between the town centres not exceeding 5.5 km. The town architecture consists mainly of pre-war buildings. The list of historical monuments and monuments of architecture in the town comprises 218 items.
Private enterprises play a minor role.
Their deposits partially overlap with the area of the town, which makes mining rather difficult. The district of Bystrzyca Klodzka is situated in the southern part of the Klodzko Valley, covering the depression between the Bystrzyckie Mountains on the west and the Snieznik Massif on the east. The town of Bystrzyca Klodzka is known as a town-planning and architectural complex of a great historical value. Owing to its numerous historical monuments and convenient location, it is an important tourist centre. Another advantage of the district, regardless of the tourist or climate values, is its convenient location in relation to the national border and the proximity of an international road and rail route Warsaw-Prague, which makes the district accessible from any region in the country.