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Aberdyfi

TitleAberdyfi

CountyGwynedd

CoordinatesLat : 52.55 Lon : -4.0333333

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Aberdyfi (sometimes Aberdovey in English) is a village on the estuary of the River Dyfi on the west coast of Wales. The village was founded around the shipbuilding industry, but is known best known as a seaside resort with a high quality beach which was awarded the Blue flag beach award in 2005. There is a very active yacht club in the village.

While the town centre is the seafront, yacht club, pier and beach, the town itself stretches back from the coast and up the steep hillside. The town lies in the midst of typical Welsh coast scenery (steep green hills and sheep farms). On the north bank of the Dyfi estuary, it is accessed by the A493 with Tywyn four miles to the north and Machynlleth 11 miles to the east.

Aberdyfi is still a popular tourist attraction, with many returning holidaymakers, especially from the metropolitan areas of England, such as the West Midlands, which is less than 100 miles to the east. A relatively large proportion of houses in the village are holiday homes. This has resulted in high house prices. Popular activities, apart from spending time on the beach, include many watersports, such as windsurfing, sailing, and canoeing on the estuary.

The village was the subject of the folk song, The Bells of Aberdovey (Welsh: Clychau Aberdyfi). The song refers to the legend of a submerged former kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod beneath Cardigan Bay, (Seithennin, the drunkard, is said to have created the bay itself), and its bells which can, they say, be heard ringing beneath the water. The composer is unknown, but the words were written by John Ceiriog Hughes, during the 19th century. The same legend also inspired a Victorian era-novel The Misfortunes of Elphin (1829), by Thomas Love Peacock. The drowned kingdom of the legend also plays a major role in Silver on the Tree, the last book of The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, parts of which are set in Aberdyfi.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Aberdyfi"

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Local Campsites

Tynllwyn Caravan & Camping Park is 3.42 Miles away
Ynysymaengwyn Caravan Park is 3.67 Miles away
Ynysfergi is 4.41 Miles away
Glanlerry Caravan park is 5.02 Miles away
Clarach Bay is 8 Miles away
Ocean View Holidays is 8.08 Miles away
Bwlchgwyn Farm is 10.48 Miles away
Midfield Farm is 10.64 Miles away
Hendremynach is 12.67 Miles away
Campsite Quinta Odelouca is 13.43 Miles away

Local Tourist Attractions

Aberdovey Golf Club is 1.08 Miles away
Animal Arium is 4.41 Miles away
Vale Of Rheidol Railway is 9.8 Miles away
Centre For Alternative Technology is 9.53 Miles away
King Arthurs Labyrinth is 10.52 Miles away
The Mid Wales Paragliding Centre is 13.84 Miles away

Local Golf Courses

Aberdovey Golf Club is 1.03 Miles away
Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club is 3.81 Miles away
Machynlleth Golf Club is 8.89 Miles away
Aberystwyth Golf Club is 9.03 Miles away
Capel Bangor Golf & Country Club is 9.8 Miles away
Penlanlas Golf Course is 12.04 Miles away

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