HAY ON WYE THE TOWN OF BOOKS
A Visit to the Town OF Books Hay On Wye, a pretty market town
Hay-on-Wye: UK's Town of Books
In an age when the unceasing invention of digital gadgets is encroaching on the enjoyment of reading paper books, there's a small town in the UK sticking to the old tradition. Internationally renowned as the Town of Books, Hay-on-Wye in Wales is literally piled with used books, from recently published titles to second-hand books dating back 300 years.
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)
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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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
Hay-On-Wye vlog
This is my little vlog of visiting the bookshop town of Hay-On-Wye . I had a lovely time so a MASSIVE thank you to my Hubby for taking me and putting up with my endless excitement and devouring of the shops ;)
I will share the haul on my channel on Weds 17th July ❤️
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FUNKY Village in WALES That is Full of USED BOOK SHOPS | STRANGE & COOL
The Brecon Beacons is the adventure capital of the U.K. but it's also home to the Independent Kingdom of Books, Hay-On-Wye.
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HAY ON WYE BOOK SHOP
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A Solo Trip to the Town of Books | Hay-on-Wye | October
A montage of clips from my trip to Hay on Wye in Wales.
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1992 A look around the BOOK CAPITAL of the world, Hay on Wye, Wales..
VLOG | Hay-On-Wye
Hi guys! Here's a little VLOG about my recent trip to Hay-On-Wye.
It is such a lovely place, that even though you may have seen some of this footage already in my July VLOG Part 1, it deserves a little video all on its own.
This video was filmed in July 2018.
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1977 The King of Hay-on-Wye
The self-appointed King of Hay-On-Wye is demanding independence.
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Originally broadcast 29 March 1977
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.
( Hay on Wye - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Hay on Wye. Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Hay on Wye - UK
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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
The Hay-on-Wye Vlog | Wilde Reads
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Bookstore Tour: Addyman Books in Hay-on-Wye, Wales
I got to live every book lover's dream & wander a bookstore after closing time. Of course, I had to bring you along for the journey!
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Staying in a Yurt in Hay On Wye
A family travel vlog from our recent glamping stay in a Yurt in Hay on Wye, Wales. We booked this through Airbnb but they do have a website - called outdoors@hay
The yurt is in a meadow but has excellent facilities nearby. Inside the yurt is everything you need and can easily sleep a family. We cooked our food inside the yurt and let the fire outside while roasting mashmallows.
The Yurt is only a 15min walk from Hay on Wye - the town world-renowned for all the Book stores there. We enjoyed a wander around the town and had a lovely meal in one of the bookstores before heading off on a Waterwall walk near Talgarth - about 20 mins from Hay.