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It is situated between Penarth and Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, 7.3 miles (11.7 kilometres) from Cardiff. On 1 May 2013 the country park was designated a Local Nature Reserve. Parts are Sites of Special Scientific Interest. The park, visitor centre, and cafe are open all year round.
Penarth Pier is a Victorian era pier in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. The pier was opened in 1898 and was a popular attraction to seaside-goers at the time, who also enjoyed trips on pleasure steamers that operated from the pier.
In July 2018 Penarth Town Council launched an online community consultation survey regarding the future use of Turner House and other buildings. [7] In 2021 the gallery reopened with Penarth Town Council working in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales to use the building as multi-purpose cultural venue. [8] [9]
Penarth Head seen from Lavernock to the south Penarth Head seen from near the Cardiff Bay Barrage. Penarth Head is a headland in Penarth on the south coast of South Wales near the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. St Augustine's Church sits on the highest point of the Head and has been used as a landmark to aid navigation for seafarers for centuries.
Penarth (/ p ɛ ˈ n ɑːr θ / pen-ARTH, Welsh:) is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay.
The area that would become Cogan was known as Cogan Pill for much of its history. The pil (a tidal inlet, used as a harbour) lay within the commote of Dinas Powys and joined the River Ely near today's Pont y Werin footbridge. The Pîl is no longer extant, having been developed into the Penarth Dock in the nineteenth century. The importance of ...
Cardiff lies near the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, stretching westward from Penarth and Barry – commuter towns of Cardiff – with striped yellow-blue Jurassic limestone cliffs. The Glamorgan coast is the only part of the Celtic Sea with exposed Jurassic ( blue lias ) geology.
Penarth Coast is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The coastline contains dinosaur fossils. [1] See also.