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Bangor – the oldest city in Wales and its cathedral dates to the 6th century. The city is located in Gwynedd in North West Wales, near the Menai Strait waters. Bangor also has a pier and a National Trust mansion known as Penrhyn Castle as well as Wales' longest High Street. [2]
The Wales Tourist Board was established in 1969 as a result of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 and its role was enhanced following the Tourism (Overseas promotion) (Wales) Act 1992. An 'Abolition Order' was passed by the National Assembly for Wales 23 November 2005 and full transfer of functions into the Welsh Assembly Government was made 1 ...
West Wales (Welsh: Gorllewin Cymru) is a region of Wales. It has various definitions, either covering Pembrokeshire , Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire , which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth , and an alternative definition is to include Swansea and Neath Port Talbot , but exclude Ceredigion.
The statistical region covers all of western Wales from Denbighshire in the north, to the South Wales Valleys and including Bridgend, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, as well as the Isle of Anglesey off the north-west coast of Wales. [1] It covers an area of 1,240,000 hectares (12,400 km 2), with a coastline of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi).
Wales is an emerging tourist destination, with 9.39m visitors to Conwy alone in 2018 [1] and 8,078,900 visitors to National Trust and Wales Tourist Board destinations in 2002. [2] As of 2017 the tourism industry in Wales has been estimated to have an annual turnover of £4.8 billion. [3]
Haverfordwest railway station serves the town of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is 63 miles (101 km) west of Swansea on the Milford Haven branch of the West Wales line. Whilst the station has two platforms (as the site of the only passing loop on this section), most trains use platform one as it is adjacent to the entrance and ticket ...
Newport is on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, part of the Wales Coast Path, has a youth hostel and is popular for walks in the Preseli Hills. Carn Ingli hill, an Iron Age hillfort with Bronze Age hut circles, lies just outside the town. Nearby are the Carreg Coetan Arthur burial chamber and the West Wales Eco Centre.
Ffestiniog Travel's origins lie with the FR when its base at Harbour Station in Porthmadog, North Wales, first became a train ticketing office for British Rail. The FR thus became more than just a heritage railway, and also issued tickets for travel not only to other local railway stations but further afield. Ffestiniog Travel continues to ...