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Pier / Boardwalk Attractions In Wales

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Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km2 . Wales has over 1,680 miles of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon , its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. Welsh national identity emerged among the Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales is regarde...
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Pier / Boardwalk Attractions In Wales

  • 1. Llandudno Pier Llandudno
    Llandudno Pier is a Grade II* listed pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno, North Wales, United Kingdom. At 2,295 feet , the pier is the longest in Wales and the fifth longest in England and Wales. In 2005, was voted Pier of the Year 2005 by the members of the National Piers Society. At the end of the pier is a deep-water landing stage, completely rebuilt for the third time in 1969, which is used by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for occasional excursions to Douglas, Isle of Man, and for an annual visit of the PS Waverley or the MV Balmoral preserved steamers. The June 2007 sailings of the Balmoral were rescheduled to start at Menai Bridge Pier, after it emerged that Llandudno Pier's Landing Stage was no longer safe to use. The Landing Stage was rebuilt in 2012 and the MV Balmoral ...
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  • 2. Mumbles Pier Mumbles
    The Grade II listed structure of Mumbles Pier is an 835 feet long Victorian pier built in 1898. It is located at the north-western corner of Swansea Bay near the village of Mumbles, within the city and county of Swansea, Wales.
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  • 3. Beaumaris Pier Beaumaris
    Beaumaris is a community, and the former county town, of Anglesey, Wales, at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the coast of North Wales. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,938.
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  • 4. Cardiff Bay Wales Cardiff
    Cardiff Bay is the area of water created by the Cardiff Barrage in south Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It is also the name commonly given to the surrounding areas of the city. According to Cardiff Council, the creation of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. Cardiff Bay is supplied by two rivers to form a 500-acre freshwater lake around the former dockland area south of the city centre. The 'bay' was formerly tidal, with access to the sea limited to a couple of hours each side of high water but now provides 24-hour access through three locks.
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  • 5. Penarth Pier Pavilion Penarth
    Penarth is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, approximately 4 miles southwest of Cardiff city centre on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is the wealthiest seaside resort in the Cardiff Urban Area, and the second largest town in the Vale of Glamorgan, next only to the administrative centre of Barry. During the Victorian era Penarth was a highly popular holiday destination, promoted nationally as The Garden by the Sea and was packed by visitors from the Midlands and the West Country as well as day trippers from the South Wales valleys, mostly arriving by train. Today, the town, with its traditional seafront, continues to be a regular summer holiday destination , but their numbers are much lower than was common from Victoria...
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  • 6. Bangor Garth Bangor
    Bangor is a city and community in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales and one of the smallest in the United Kingdom. Historically in Caernarfonshire, it is a university city with a population of 18,808 at the 2011 census, including around 10,500 students at Bangor University. It is one of only six places classed as a city in Wales, although it is only the 25th-largest urban area by population. At the 2001 census, 46.6% of the non-student resident population spoke Welsh.
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  • 7. Pontymoile Basin Pontypool
    Pontymoile Basin is a mooring point and canal junction on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.
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  • 10. Mermaid Quay Cardiff
    A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish. Mermaid may also refer to:
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  • 12. Goytre Wharf & Canal Visitor Centre Penperlleni
    Goytre is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. The population of this parish and of the electoral ward of the same name, taken at the 2011 census was 2,393.
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