Villages & towns in WalesWales

Walled Victorian seaside resort with pastel harbour houses, three sandy beaches and views to Caldey Island.

Pembrokeshire

Fishing village at the tip of the Llŷn, the last stop for pilgrims crossing to Bardsey Island, with a mile-long sandy bay.

Gwynedd

Georgian coastal town on the Menai Strait with pastel-washed cottages, a Victorian pier and a UNESCO World Heritage castle.

Anglesey

Stone-cottage village at the meeting of the Glaslyn and Colwyn rivers, at the foot of Yr Wyddfa and above the Aberglaslyn Pass.

Gwynedd

Industrial-heritage town in a UNESCO World Heritage landscape, home to Big Pit and the Blaenavon Ironworks.

Torfaen

Village on the Afon Lledr beneath Moel Siabod, with the remains of the castle said to be the birthplace of Llywelyn the Great.

Conwy

Book town on the Wye at the edge of the Black Mountains, with more than twenty bookshops and a famous festival.

Powys

Estuary township on the Taf, home to Dylan Thomas's Boathouse and a ruined medieval castle.

Carmarthenshire

Victorian seaside resort between the Great and Little Ormes, with a sweeping promenade and the longest pier in Wales.

Conwy

Market town on the River Dee, home to the International Musical Eisteddfod, a steam railway and the terminus of the Llangollen Canal.

Denbighshire

Victorian seaside resort and fishing village at the western end of Swansea Bay, gateway to the Gower.

Swansea

Victorian and Edwardian seaside town on the Severn Estuary, with a restored pier and Art Deco pavilion.

Vale of Glamorgan

Historic market town in the Vale of Clwyd with a medieval street plan, timber-framed buildings and independent shops around St Peter's Square.

Denbighshire

Britain's smallest city, a compact cathedral settlement on a windswept peninsula at the western tip of Wales.

Pembrokeshire

Grey-stone village at the confluence of three rivers, long the gateway to Eryri and a 19th-century artists' colony.

Conwy

Market town at the meeting of the Usk and Honddu with a cathedral, Georgian streets and a Norman castle.

Powys

Rhymney Valley town at the foot of its great medieval castle, and the source of Caerphilly cheese.

Caerphilly

Village on the River Teifi famous for its waterfalls and a historic salmon-fishing tradition.

Ceredigion

Village on the wooded Teifi gorge on Pembrokeshire's northern border, below a clifftop castle.

Pembrokeshire

Walled medieval town at the mouth of the Conwy river, ringed by intact town walls beneath its castle.

Conwy

Georgian market town on a long High Street of independent shops, built on the Roman road between Neath and Cardiff.

Vale of Glamorgan

Seaside town on Cardigan Bay beneath a medieval castle on its headland, with sand-and-shingle beaches either side.

Gwynedd

Usk-valley town below Table Mountain, with a prize-winning high street of independent shops and an odd-arched 1706 bridge

Powys

Hilltop town on the western edge of Eryri dominated by its 13th-century castle, with dune-backed sands below.

Gwynedd

Hilltop market town of pastel Georgian houses above the River Tywi, with a single-arch stone bridge.

Carmarthenshire

Conwy Valley market town with an Inigo Jones bridge, the Gwydir Chapel and the tiny riverside Tu Hwnt i'r Bont.

Conwy

Waterfront town beside Thomas Telford's 1826 suspension bridge, with an independent shopping street and seafood restaurants.

Anglesey

Village near Newport known for St Brynach's church and one of the finest Celtic crosses in Britain.

Pembrokeshire

Small north-coast town below the Preseli Hills at the mouth of the Nevern estuary, with a sandy beach.

Pembrokeshire

Cliff-top village above the three-mile sweep of Rhossili Bay at the western tip of the Gower.

Swansea

Estuary village at the mouth of the Dyfi with a sandy beach and yachting harbour on the southern edge of the park.

Gwynedd

Seaside university and county town on Cardigan Bay, with a promenade, ruined castle, cliff railway and the National Library of Wales.

Ceredigion

Seaside town at the mouth of the Mawddach Estuary with a two-mile beach and the Victorian railway viaduct across the sands.

Gwynedd

Black-and-white timbered village between Welshpool and Newtown where the River Rhiw meets the Severn.

Powys

Gateway town to the Wye Valley, with a Norman castle above the river, surviving medieval town walls and the Port Wall gate.

Monmouthshire

Village at the head of the Rheidol Valley, famous for its three stacked bridges, gorge waterfalls and the Vale of Rheidol steam railway terminus.

Ceredigion

Pastel-cottaged coastal village where the River Hawen meets a small sandy-and-pebble beach below wooded knolls.

Ceredigion

Thatched-cottage village beside sand dunes and the River Ogmore, near Candleston Castle ruins.

Bridgend

Coastal village with a pebbled cove, an RNLI heritage and shipwreck history, and a well-known seafront cafe.

Anglesey

Market town at the meeting of the Monnow and Wye, with a fortified 13th-century bridge gate and a broad Georgian high street.

Monmouthshire

Harbour town on Cardigan Bay with sandy beaches and a resident bottlenose dolphin population; associated with Dylan Thomas.

Ceredigion

Hamlet on the island's north-east tip with a medieval priory, holy well and dovecote near Penmon Point and Puffin Island.

Anglesey

Village on a narrow tidal harbour on the St Brides Bay coast, with colourful houses and fishing boats.

Pembrokeshire

Wye-side village strung along the A466 beneath the wooded valley slopes, best known for the riverside ruins of its Cistercian abbey.

Monmouthshire

Regency harbour town of colourful painted houses around a planned Georgian quay, known for seafood and honey ice cream.

Ceredigion

Market town ringed by the Skirrid, Sugar Loaf and Blorenge, styled the food capital of Wales and home to an annual food festival.

Monmouthshire

Historic town on the Usk just outside Newport, built over the Roman legionary fortress of Isca with its amphitheatre, baths and barracks.

Newport

Village built within the surviving walls of the Roman town of Venta Silurum, with long stretches of Roman masonry still standing.

Monmouthshire