HAY-ON-WYE, Wales
Hay-on-Wye - famous as the world's first book town - is home to the Hay Festival of Literature & The Arts as well as Hay Castle - one of the great medieval strongholds of the Welsh Borders. (Music by 10 Mewn Bws)
Hay on Wye
A walk around this small town on the border between England and Wales. It is famous for it's large number of second hand bookshops.
HAY ON WYE THE TOWN OF BOOKS
A Visit to the Town OF Books Hay On Wye, a pretty market town
Exploring Hay-on-Wye: Britain's Booktown
Hay-on-Wye is the most famous booktown in Britain. It lies on the border of England and Wales, next to (my hometown of) Hereford. Take a wander and explore the magic of this glorious and tranquil booktown.
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Places to see in ( Hay on Wye - UK )
Places to see in ( Hay on Wye - UK )
Hay-on-Wye, often abbreviated to just Hay, is a small market town and community in the traditional county and district of Brecknockshire in Wales, currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as the town of books, and is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of annual Hay Literary Festival.
The settlement's name is first referred to between 1135 and 1147 as Haya; in 1299 the name of La Haye is used. By the 16th century it was simply called Hay, and the use of the river as a suffix is a later addition. In 1215, a Welsh name, Gelli was recorded, and Gelli gandrell in 1614; the two names may have been used concurrently in 1625. The English language name, Hay, is derived from Old English hæg, possibly meaning a fenced area and a noun used in late Saxon and Norman times for an enclosure in a forest.
Hay on Wye lies on the south-east bank of the River Wye and is within the north-easternmost tip of the Brecon Beacons National Park, just north of the Black Mountains. The town is just on the Welsh side of the border with Herefordshire, England, here defined by the Dulas Brook.
Hay-on-Wye is a Welsh community with a Town Council. Its boundary follows the English border/Dulas Brook from the River Wye southeastwards for just over a kilometre, turns south-west to a point just south of Oakfield house, thence north to Greenpit Farm and north westwards, enclosing the Hay Showground and meeting the National Park boundary near the B4350, Brecon Road. From this point, it follows the National Park boundary to the River Wye and the river back to the Dulas Brook.
The B4350 runs through the town and the B4351 links it with the main A438 from Brecon to Hereford, on the far side of the River Wye. The town was formerly served at Hay-on-Wye railway station by the train services known as the Canney Creeper, which closed in 1963 under the Beeching Axe.
Hay-on-Wye is a destination for bibliophiles in the United Kingdom, still with two dozen bookshops, many selling specialist and second-hand books. Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has been the venue for a literary festival, now sponsored by The Daily Telegraph newspaper, which draws a claimed 80,000 visitors over ten days at the beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world.
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BOOKS BOOKS .. HAY ON WYE. WALES UK.
1992 A look around the BOOK CAPITAL of the world, Hay on Wye, Wales..
Town Centre, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
Video of the Town Centre in Ross on Wye.
Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
Video of Ross on Wye.
A Quick Spin Around Hay-on-Wye
Hay on Wye is famous for its bookshops, but here is a quick tour of some of its other shops and markets. This was recorded during the Hay Does Vintage event, November 2014
Ross-on-wye greenlanes
Enduro fun
Hay on Wye Ride
This video is about Trail Riding
A day trip to Hay-On-Wye (Wales)
This is a very short picture and video montage of our day trip to Hay-On-Wye, a small predominantly seconf hand book specialist town in Wales. Sorry it's so short I just managed to grap a few piccies at the end of the trip, but hope you enjoy! If you love books this really is a place for you!
A Hay on Wye Town Walk
This is a walk through Hay on Wye starting at Hideaways in Hay and taking in views at the ridgeline.
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Hay-on-Wye
A brief video clip as a taster of Hay On Wye - within The Brecon Beacons produced by Powys CC Tourism section. exploremidwales.com
Holiday Cottages Hay-on-Wye Wales UK Coach House
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Hay on Wye
A quick look at Hay on Wye, Powys.
River Wye Kayaking- Hay on Wye to Chepstow, October 2018
4 days down the Wye from Hay on Wye to Chepstow.
Places of England: Ross-on-Wye (Season 1 : Episode 10)
Released very quick, wasn't it?
Here is the tenth episode of the first season of the Places of England, which this episode takes place in the market town of Ross-on-Wye, which that is in the county of Herefordshire. Watch this video as I guide you through Ross-on-Wye's brilliant history.
The Kings Head Hotel, Ross-on-Wye
The Kings Head Hotel in the picturesque Herefordshire town of Ross-on-Wye. This small market town offers an ideal base to explore the beautiful Forest of Dean, the stunning landscape of the Cotswolds, the wonderful Welsh Borders or even the towering Brecon Beacons National Park.
ROSS ON WYE UK
Market town in UK on English / Welsh border.