12 Most Loved Towns in Wales
What are the most loved towns to live in Wales? You need to appreciate the features of the best towns in Wales to understand why Welsh love their towns and cities. And we love them too! You can gain some insight into what we are saying by considering the report by Garrington, a property finder company, on the ranking of the villages, towns, and cities in the United Kingdom based on the four categories of the physical environment, quality of living, architecture or heritage and going green. The nominated places were assessed by expert judges on the basis of factors such as schools, transport, broadband speed, and health of the high street, from all that, we present these 12 most loved towns in Wales for your consideration.
12. Porthmadog, Gwynedd
If the coastal town of Porthmadog could rank third best in Wales and 42nd in the UK as a whole, it should be loved by not only the residents but also the visitors. What brought this town to our list is its high ranks for both natural and architectural beauty. Yet, it’s not such a green town for it doesn’t rank so good in that regard. Nevertheless, you’re likely to love a beautiful town where the average family home is not up to 350,000 pounds.
11. Narberth, Pembrokeshire
The town of Narberth in Pembrokeshire in west Wales was once known as home to Pwll, Prince of Dyfed, in the Mabinogion. The excitement of its nomination in the Google Street View Awards as the home of Britain’s best shopping street is fetching it much love. Other things making it a lovable town are the Narberth Food Festival and The Grove. This is a town where you can stroll in the Oakwood Theme Park.
10. Machynlleth, Powys
Machynlleth, a market town in Powys, is surrounded by rolling green fields that make it an awesome town in Wales. It’s surprisingly a cosmopolitan center. For education, it’s loved as the Centre for Alternative Technology, an eco-hub in Europe where everyone from school kids to engineers learns about the need to protect the planet. Foodies will fall in love with Ynyshir, a Michelin-starred restaurant whose reputation goes far and wide as the 12th best restaurant in the whole of the UK by the Good Food Guide.
9. Cardigan, Ceredigion
We can’t do without this pleasant town in Ceredigion. We too love the town not because it is homonymic to our lovely winter-resistant garb, no, not for its name, but because of its features. And we possibly can’t tell you all that here. But we shall try. Cardigan ranks 5th in Wales and 47th across the UK. The most important feature of this attractive town is the average home cost. With less than, 325,000 pounds, you can own a home. But then, it also ranks well for architectural beauty and quality of life. It’s not doing badly on green rank with a score of 247 out of 1372.
8. Barmouth, Gwynedd
Barmouth, a town in Gwynedd, is the 8th most loved town in Wales. If you saw our other videos about towns to live in Wales, you will appreciate why Barmouth will always be in good companies like this. It is lovable. Of course, we agree to place it in the 4th position on the list of the best towns to live in Wales and 46th in the whole of the UK. It’s less than the best rank in green rank mars the great score of 60 out of 1372 in natural beauty and equally that score in architec
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Places to see in ( Ebbw Vale - UK )
Places to see in ( Ebbw Vale - UK )
Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr conurbation has a population of roughly 33,000. It has direct access to the dualled A465 Heads of the Valleys trunk road and borders the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Y Domen Fawr is a Bronze Age burial cairn above the town and at Cefn Manmoel you can find a demarcation dyke possibly of neolithic or medieval origins. In relatively modern times the area was a quiet uplands spot in rural Monmouthshire. With only about 120 inhabitants at the end of the 18th century, Ebbw Vale and the whole area was transformed by the Industrial Revolution.
Ebbw Vale Iron Works, later to become the Ebbw Vale Steelworks, opened in 1778, followed by the opening of a number of coal mines around 1790. Rails for the Stockton and Darlington Railway were manufactured at Ebbw Vale in 1829. At its height (1930s — 40s) the steel works in Ebbw Vale was the largest in Europe, although attracting very little attention from German bombers during World War II. By the 1960s around 14,500 people were employed. The end of the century witnessed a massive collapse of the UK steel industry.
Ebbw Vale is recovering from a period of one of the highest unemployment rates in the United Kingdom, largely as a result of the decline of the mining and steel industries. There are several industrial estates with some significant manufacturing facilities. Yuasa/Ybel is a good example.
In 2003 work began on demolishing and redeveloping the steelworks site. By 2015 the site was completely changed with a new hospital, college campus, school and leisure centre. Ebbw Vale first hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1958. The Welsh language was dominant in the area until the last quarter of the 19th century and remnants of the language (Welsh hymns and pockets of Welsh being spoken in nearby Rhymney) persisted into the 1970s. The National Eisteddfod returned to Ebbw Vale in 2010.
The Ebbw Vale conurbation today runs in an almost unbroken housing street plan 3 miles or so from Beaufort in the North to Cwm in the South. There are significant areas of modern housing to the north and south of the town. Ebbw Vale sporting organisations have a long history. Rugby and cricket have flourished with the town’s Eugene Cross Park as their home. Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club can trace its roots back to the 1890’s. Nicknamed the “Steelmen” after the area’s former industrial base they have a successful record with many players achieving international honours.
With trains serving the town from the new Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station. An extension of the line to a new northern terminus, Ebbw Vale Town, was opened on 17 May 2015. In June 2015 a new incline elevator, the Ebbw Vale Cableway, was opened.
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12 Most Hated Places to Live in Wales
What are the most hated places in Wales? There are surely two sides to every coin. When you see the passion with which some people admire and love their homes in Wales and name nice seaside towns, dockyards, communities, villages, and hamlets in Wales, you will be left to wonder if there can ever be anywhere hated in Wales. Yet, there are places in Wales that are also passionately derided, mocked, and treated with utmost disdain. While doing our due diligence, we discover that some hated towns in Wales are not hated absolutely, not by all. In this video, we have compiled the list of the 12 most hated places to live in Wales. Please note that many of them are also among the worst towns in Wales.
12. Cwmbran
We’re kick-starting this in Cwmbran, a town in the county borough of Torfaen. A lot of terrible things have been said about the residents and the by fellow residents and outsiders. However, the main reason we are mentioning this town is the safety concern. While it might not top in the overall crime rates, you have to look more closely to find up to three towns of its status with a higher crime rate in Wales. Thus, this town is hated, not for environmental factors, but for human factors, occasioned by the residents.
11. Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay, a town, community, and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the northern coast has expanded to the point of becoming the second-largest community and business center in the north of Wales and the 14th largest in the whole of Wales. Yet, it has little or nothing to show for that economically. It’s a drab and miserable place to live. Compounding its woes are its high crime rates. Its beach is dirty and hasn’t shown anything for the efforts to make it better; the horrendous concrete building appears as if the last time it was maintained was 1970.
10. Aberdare
We once argued against the notion that this is a town loved by criminals. Yet, we can’t turn a blind high to the high crime rate of this town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf. As of the last check, it’s the third most dangerous small town in Mid-Glamorgan. You just need to see what we’ve discovered about this town in our video about the 12 worst places to live. If it is conveniently and justifiably listed in that ranking, we all know that no one will love to live in one of the worst places.
9. Fairbourne
Fairbourne, a tiny village nestled between Snowdonia National Park and the Irish Sea has been begging for a slot on this ranking. The place is currently facing an existential crisis, no thanks to the high risk of future flooding as a result of climate change. A while ago, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the organization in charge of flood management in Wales, spent £6.8m on strengthening 2.9 kilometers of concrete tidal defenses so that over 400 properties in the town can be protected from storm surges and flooding, and to complete other constructions. But we’re not happy to let you know that the Gwynedd Council, in charge of this village has said since 2014 that it couldn’t maintain flood defenses of the village indefinitely. By 2054 latest, the village will no longer be livable. Who would ever love to live in such a place?
8. Denbighshire
You might want to argue against the inclusion of Denbighshire on this list if you consider some of its towns like Llangollen, a community situated on the River Dee. However, when it comes to how good and convenient a place is for living, the entire county is generally hated, except for a pocket of towns there like Llangollen and Ruthin. Reviewers have not been generally kind to this county in the northeast of Wales.
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Britain's Best Breaks ~ Valleys of South Wales
You might already have a picture in your mind of what the Valleys are all about. It probably needs an update. Wed like to introduce you to the Valleys of today. And spring a few surprises along the way.
For a start, you wont see a coalmine (unless it happens to be a heritage centre). What you will see are lakes, forests, open hillsides and green mountains. Theyre all part of a unique, roller-coaster landscape of hills and vales dotted with friendly towns and villages.
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Driving The Welsh Valleys - Mountains, Sheep And Richard Burton
A Welsh road trip through the South Wales Valleys. A drive from the coast up the Ogmore Valley on the A4061 over the Bwlch and back along the A4017 through the Afan Valley.
A scenic drive through the rugged landscapes and former mining towns of South Wales with a few stops at the Nant y moel forest, the gap in the mountains which is known as the Bwlch and the village of Pontrhydyfen, the birthplace of Richard Burton.
You get some great views, even in the rain on this scenic route but watch out for all those sheep, especially at the top of the valley.
On the way we pass towns where our grandparents and relatives used to live who worked in the mines of the South Wales Valleys.
Originally, the valleys were quiet and rural until the coal mines arrived and the mining towns and communities boomed.
Pontrhydyfen in the Afan Valley is where Richard Burton was born on 10th November 1925 at number 2 Dan-y-Bont which is very close to the old aqueduct.
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PETIT VALLEY TRINIDAD and Tobago Caribbean Real Estate Road Trip JBManCave.com
A drive through all of Petit Valley, Trinidad. Petit Valley is a mostly residential community occupying one side of Diego Martin on both mountainous and flat terrain. I comment on what I see, because you asked for it, as we drive together in my truck. As with all my videos... it is RAW, unedited and the idea is to make you feel as though you are there with me touring Petit Valley. Please note: ONLY when this video has reached 10K views will I release another Trinidad road trip. See in video for my comments about this.
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Brynmawr to Abergavenny on the A465
On the road from Brynmawr to Abergavenny. In a few years this will all be changed.
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A465 Section 2 Brynmawr to Gilwern Dualling Update - April 2021
April 2021 video update on the ongoing A465 dualling works between Brynmawr and Gilwern.
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A465 Section 2 Brynmawr to Gilwern | FINAL Dualling Update! - December 2021
After seven long years, today I am pleased to share the FINAL video update on the dualling of Section 2 of the A465, Brynmawr to Gilwern. The road is now open in full, with two lanes of traffic live in each direction, and a permanent speed limit of 50mph has been introduced.
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New Heads Of The Valleys Road Being Built From Dashcam Timelapse!
Drove down South Wales yesterday and came across some of the heads of the valley construction works building the new roads to help congestion.
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A real time drive around the coastline of the United Kingdom - Day 4
Join us as we make our 5,108 mile real time drive by road, around the coastline of the United Kingdom. Full disclosure – we haven’t completed Northern Ireland yet but when we do we’ll add that to the total mileage.
The intention was to take the longest possible route, driving as close to the coast as possible and never using a Motorway! We tried to see as much of our coastline as we could.
The journey had some dark and drizzly days to begin with, but many were sunny and truly beautiful, especially the west coast of Scotland.
The journey took about 30 full days to complete. Our campervan ‘Minty’ served us very well; he is a 2005 Timberland Independence with a 2.8L Fiat Ducato manual gearbox.
In order to find the route closest to the coast we needed to use Google Maps, hence the constant verbal navigation by whomever wasn’t driving. Oh, and sorry about Bev’s occasional swearing!
On days 1 and 2 we learned that even in UK conditions the GoPro Hero 9 could not handle 4k and overheated a number of times, hence the occasional editing fades and the noise produced by the vents trying to cool the camera. We resolved this by changing to 1080p and had no further overheating and therefore very few edits.
I gave lots of thought to producing silent videos or to leave all voice and background noise in and unedited. If you don’t like our noise, please turn us down!
We had lockdowns, breakdowns, flat tyres, closed roads, golf courses, the occasional wrong turn and all manner of friendly disagreements but, overall, we loved the adventure.
It’s a long ride, so buckle up!!
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0:02.05 Introducing Jon opening the gate.
0:07.26 Saundersfoot area
0:08.41 Saundersfoot/harbour
0:12.14 Twycross area
0:18.00 Tenby Walls
0:21.30 Kiln Park area
0:22.43 Penally area
0:26.54 Lydstep sign
0:28.35 Manorbier/Macnorbyr sign
0:29.14 Skrinkle sign
0:31.03 Manorbier castle
0:32.08 Manorbier beach
0:40.30 Freshwater East area
0:43.05 Trewent area
0:44.14 East Trewent sign
0:48.53 Ystangbwll/Stackpole sign
0:55.08 Busherton sign
0:59.30 St Gavan’s Chapel (turn around)
0:59.50 Buckspool area
1:11.04 Merrion area (Castlemartin training area)
1:13.03 Warren sign/St Mary’s church
1:17.41 Castlemain sign
1:31.31 Angle sign
1:38.30 Pembroke Refinery (LHS)
1:40.04 Newton area
1:45.28 Hundleston sign
1:49.00 Monkton area (Pembroke)
1:51.07 Pembroke castle
1:57.02 Cleddau bridge/Pont Cleddena
1:59.32 Neyland sign
2:02.25 Milford Sound area
2:03.32 Llandstadwell sign
2:08.30 Waterston sign
2:11.40 Black Bridge area
2:12.30 Milford Haven area
2:14.31 Milford Harbour
2:19.49 Herbrandston sign
2:21.49 Ricaston area
2:26.35 Sandy Haven area
2:29.08 St Ishmaels sign
2:39.35 St Brides/Sain Ffred sign
2:49.23 Talbenny area
2:53.31 Little Haven sign
2:56.05 Broad Haven area/beach
3:04.58 Druidston Haven area
3:09.51 Notton Haven area
3:14.57 Niwgwi/Newgate sign
3:20.37 Penycwm sign
3:24.42 Solfach/Solva sign
3:28.37 Naw Ffnnon/Nine Wells sign
3:31.02 Dinastyddwi/City of Saint Davids sign
3:50.35 Rhodiad-Y-Brenin area
3:56.41 Berea sign
3:58.56 Abereiddi/Abereiddy Bay view
4:04.20 Llanrhian sign
4:07.35 Trefin sign
4:11.48 Abercastell/Abercastle sign
4:18.05 Carnchenwen sign (doubtful)
4:24.28 I became lost here? Following a tractor and dog Tremarchog/St Nicholas?
4:34.46 Tanymynydd sign (not official)
4:44.37 Wdig/Goodwick sign
4:46.17 Fishguard Harbour view
4:47.58 Abergwaun/Fishguard sign
4:52.37 Cwm/Lower Town sign
4:57.32 Dinas Cross sign
5:03.17 Drefdraeth/Newport sign
5:06.08 River Nevern bridge
Later part of the day's journey was on classic D and E roads. D - one car wide, no signage. E - grass growing in the middle of the bitumen track. My classification LOL.