Welsh poetry at Cardigan Quay
Cardigan – an attractive and lively market town (5 mins):
- Cardigan Castle (home of the very first National Eisteddfod in 1176) – www.cardigan-heritage.co.uk/cardigan-castle.htm
- Cardigan Heritage Centre (the town was once an important port with over 300 vessels registered here) www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/cardigan/pages/heritage_centre.shtml
- Statue of Our Lady of Cardigan – the National shrine of the Roman Catholic Church in Wales – www.cardigantaper.org
- Cardigan swimming pool www.sports-council-wales.org.uk
- Teifi Leisure Centre www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6887
- Teifi Mania Children’s Indoor play centre, Unit 1, Parc Piliau, Pentood Ind. Est, SA43 3AL, 01239 615772, www.teifimania.co.uk
- Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park, Gwbert, SA43 1PR, 01239 623637, www.cardiganisland.com
- Coedmor National Nature Reserve, Cardigan – this ancient woodland includes lime, ash, wych elm, spindle, hazel and holly, lichens, invertebrates and otters, www.ccw.gov.uk
- Felinwynt Rainforest Centre, Felinwynt, Cardigan, SA43 1RT, www.butterflycentre.co.uk
- Theatr Mwldan Cafe, theatre/cinema/bar with live music events, plays etc, Bath House Rd, SA43 1JY, www.mwldan.co.uk
- The Heritage initiative has created many restored shopfronts, buildings etc – good for a browse in itself!
- Unique shops like Howies, indoor market, craft shops and galleries etc, as well as WH Smith, Boots, Tesco, Aldi etc
- See Food and Drink page for pointers on where to eat/sip a pint
Let us know if you have anything to add…
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Hello – I’m writing an article on ‘poetry in the built environment’ for a poetry magazine and would love to use your photograph of poetry on the Cardigan Quay waterfront. Is it your photo and if so, may I please use it?
Very many thanks
Jo Bell