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Mount Snowdon

June 15, 2021January 15, 2021 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

The Snowdonia National Park is expansive, and the associated coastal areas are too. Snowdonia itself is larger than the National Park, including a coastline that stretches for 200 miles. Dubbed …

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Ruthin, Wales

February 15, 2020January 7, 2020 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Ruthin is a small rural town in the county of Denbighshire in North Wales and is in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd region. While the town is …

Anglesey / Wales

Parys Mountain

November 1, 2018June 22, 2018 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Parys Mountain, locally known as Mynydd Parys, is a vast and visually stunning copper mine located in north east Anglesey, Wales. The mountain has been designated as an official anchor …

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Porthmadog

December 15, 2015November 24, 2015 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Porthmadog lies on the edge of one of the most stunning areas in Wales, and is known as the gateway to Snowdonia. The town is a thriving place with lots …

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Cardigan

December 1, 2015November 24, 2015 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Cardigan is located in west Wales. It lies on the River Teifi, just on the border of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. Cardigan is a traditional market town with an interesting historic …

Beaumaris / Wales

Beaumaris

April 1, 2015March 18, 2015 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Beaumaris is a pretty little town on the Isle of Anglesey. To reach Beaumaris, you cross the Menai Strait, a tidal stretch of water separating Anglesey from the mainland. The …

Pontypool / Wales

Pontypool

April 15, 2014June 12, 2014 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Pontypool in South Wales grew up on the edge of the Welsh coalfields. The town is only a short distance from its nearby neighbours, Newport and Cymbran, and many people …

Colwyn Bay / Wales

Colwyn Bay

March 15, 2014June 12, 2014 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Colwyn Bay in North Wales is a relic of a bygone age when seaside towns were the fashionable place to go on your annual summer holidays. Modern Colwyn Bay isn’t …

Ebbw Vale / Wales

Ebbw Vale

January 13, 2014June 12, 2014 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Rather romantically translated as ‘Valley of the Wild Horses’ Ebbw Vale offers some of the most spectacular scenery to be found anywhere in Wales. In Welsh the name of the …

Prestatyn / Wales

Prestatyn

December 2, 2013June 23, 2014 - by Laura Ginn - Leave a Comment

Visit Prestatyn and you will find that you have the whole of the North Wales coast on your doorstep. Prestatyn is the most easterly of all of the coastal towns …