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Watch House Bay beach is a quiet sandy beach looking over to the old harbour on Barry Island. Watch House Bay is on the other side of Cold Knap Point and the busier larger Knap beach. When the tide is out you have a massive expanse of sand in front of you and can make it over to Little Island. Read more…
Fontygary (Ffontygari) Bay beach is a pebble and sand beach backed by cliffs with rock pools. Fontygary Park holiday camp offers bars, play areas, indoor pool and health club plus luxury holiday homes for sale or hire. Bar on the Bay is open to the general public Friday and Saturday evenings. Read more…
The Amelia Trust Farm is set in beautiful countryside near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. A working farm, it was established to support and educate disadvantaged young people. Here they can learn new skills and develop potential through the skilled staff on hand. The farm is open all year round and people are encouraged to visit and to find Read more…
The Glamorgan Heritage Coast Centre at Dunraven Park in Southerndown is where you can find out anything you want to know about the Glamorgan coastline. The centre contains a small shop and facilities and is a mine of information relating to the Heritage Coast. From the centre, you can access nearly 14 miles of the coastline, following limestone cliff and Read more…
Barry Island has 24 vibrantly coloured beach huts with excellent views across Whitmore Bay. The huts come in two sizes: larger huts are around 2.4m x 2.5m and have electricity sockets and access to running water smaller huts are around 2.5m x 1.8m. and have electricity sockets Hours are 10 am to 8 pm with July/August school holidays being 10 Read more…
Ogmore-by-Sea beach is a west facing beach with sand at low tide and rocks at high tide. The beach is to the East of the River Ogmore estuary and on the other side is Newton Bay beach and the large sand dunes of Merthyr Mawr. The rocky shoreline is popular as a rock climbing location. Depending on the wind can Read more…
Penarth Pier is one of the last remaining Victorian piers in Wales. The pier opened in February 1895 and the original structure was of cast iron with a timber deck. A wooden pavilion was added to the pier-head in 1907. In the 1920s the pier had enhancements of a reinforced concrete landing stage and an art deco pavilion. On August Read more…
Fonmon Castle is medieval castle near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan. It was built around 1200 by the St John family and has only changed hands once. The castle is still a family home but has many areas open to the public including the hall, the drawing room, the library, the kitchen and the gardens. Visit Read more…
Dunraven Bay beach, also known as Southerndown Beach after the small village nearby, is a sand and pebble beach popular with families and watersports (windsurfing, surfing and kayaks). The beach here is a west-facing beach on the Atlantic coast, off-shore winds from the East generate some good surf. When the tide is out you have a great expanse of sand Read more…
The Welsh Hawking Centre in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan is where you can get up close to over 200 birds of prey. It enjoys a lovely location, situated in 20 acres of scenic parkland. A great day out for all the family, the Welsh Hawking Centre puts on daily displays of the magnificent birds in action. From falcons Read more…
Dyffryn Gardens are located near the villages of Dyffryn and St Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan. They are a collection of botanical gardens run by the National Trust and were recently selected as one of the top 100 gardens in the United Kingdom. The gardens, forming part of the Dyffryn Estate, are a really good example of Edwardian garden Read more…
Atlantic College was one of the first nine inshore lifeboat stations to be established by the RNLI. Experimental work on the development of fast inshore rescue boats was carried out here and it was also the first station to have a female helmsman. Read more…
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