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It is the resting place of Saint David, Wales's patron saint, and named after him. [9] Llandudno – among the top three holiday destinations in Wales. [10] Attractions in include the promenade, its beach, the Alice in Wonderland trail, the Great Orme, its cablecar and its tramway. [11] [12] [13]
Below is a list of the stately homes, historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums, estates, coastline and open country in the care of the National Trust in Wales, grouped into the unitary authority areas. Many areas of land owned by the trust, both open-access and closed to the public, are not listed here.
Mid Wales (Welsh: Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth, meaning "the midlands"), or Central Wales, is a region of Wales, encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the Senedd covered the unitary authority areas of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been ...
Hay-on-Wye bowling club is affiliated to the Mid Wales Bowling Association [77] and the Women's Mid Wales Bowling Association. [78] [79] [80] Hay Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1903. The club continued on its nine-hole course until the onset of World War II. [81]
Radnor Forest (Welsh: Fforest Clud) is a rock dome composed of Silurian shales, mudstones and limestone in the historic county of Radnorshire, Powys, Mid Wales. It is a forest in the medieval sense of the word (an area of land set aside for hunting). [1] It lies within the Welsh Marches region since Offa's Dyke lies nearby to the east.
Subsequent urban growth led to the designation of other places as boroughs, including Wrexham, Rhondda, Barry and Merthyr Tydfil, but many other settlements were only granted the status of urban district. [1] The Local Government Act 1972 allows civil parishes in England and Wales to resolve themselves to be town councils.
Peaceful Places is a heritage tourism trail, launched in 2014. The trail encompasses churches and chapels across the north of the Ceredigion county of Wales, each with its own story. There are 17 places to visit which can be found at Cardigan Bay, and in the valleys and hills of the Cambrian Mountains. [1]
Penrhys is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated on a hillside overlooking both valleys of Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach.It is situated around 1,100 ft above sea level and is a district of Tylorstown.