A 48 Hour Guide to North Wales
North Wales should be on everyone's bucket list. Join @HavenHelen for a whirlwind tour of why North Wales is famous, as well as some hidden treasures.
Beautiful Caernarfon Castle - Wales
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Edward I built castles and walled towns in North Wales to control the area following his conquest of the independent principality of Wales, in 1283.
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales, having rejected a bribe of one thousand pounds a year and an estate in England, if he would surrender his nation unreservedly to the king of England, had been lured into a trap on 11 December 1282, and put to death. His brother Dafydd ap Gruffudd had continued the struggle for continuing independence, but had been captured at Bera Mountain in the uplands above Garth Celyn, in June 1283.
Edward surrounded and overshadowed Garth Celyn, the royal home and the headquarters of resistance to English domination, with Caernarfon and Conwy castles, and later Beaumaris Castle. The other fortress in the iron ring encirling Snowdonia was Harlech Castle.
The site selected for Caernarfon was strategically important, located on the banks of the River Seiont where it flows into the Menai Strait. It had been the site of a Roman fort, and a later motte and bailey castle built c. 1090 by Hugh d'Avranches. The castle was, at the time, surrounded on two sides by water, and the other by the Caernarfon city walls, but in the 19th century, the area on the River Seiont was filled in to enlarge the port of Caernarfon, and is today part of the castle's car park.
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Caerphilly Castle - Places To See In Wales, Episode1
We visit the largest castle in Wales in the first episode of our new series “Places To See In Wales” We’ll be taking a look at some famous and not so famous places around our home country of Wales.
Caerphilly Castle is a is medieval castle just north of Cardiff in South Wales. It was built in the 13th century by Gilbert de Clare. It was used as a base to conquer Glamorganshire and there was extensive fighting between Gilbert and the Welsh.
The castle is in the centre of the town and there are great views around the area. It costs £8.50 (Dec 18) to enter the castle and it’s big enough to spend a couple of hours there. #VisitWales
One of the most striking things about the castle is the leaning south east tower. It leans at 10 degrees, there is some debate as to whether the damage was caused during the English Civil War or as a result of subsidence when the castle fell into disrepair.
Caerphilly Castle has been used as a location for many TV and film productions including many episodes of Dr Who, Wolf Hall and Restoration with Robert Downey Jr.
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Why Are There Welsh Teams Playing In The English Leagues?
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The first Welsh club to join the English football Pyramid was Wrexham when they joined and became founding members of The Combination in 1890. The club was founded in 1864 and had spent the previous 36 years playing friendlies and competing in the Welsh Cup which they won twice during that period. After 4 seasons of mid-table finishes, the club decided to join the Welsh Senior League due to the costs of travelling to the North West of England but re-joined The Combination after 2 seasons due to falling attendances. Just two years later, Rhyl and Bangor City also joined The Combination, having spent the preceding years competing in the Welsh Amateur leagues and the Welsh Cup, but both clubs re-joined the Welsh football pyramid following the winding up of the competition at the conclusion of the 1910-11 season.
The turn of the 20th century sparked a wave of Welsh clubs joining the English football pyramid as no fewer than 6 clubs joined between 1906 and 1913. Although many clubs left after a few years and yo yoed between the two pyramids, roughly 10 teams spent most of the 20th century in the English Pyramid including the likes of Cardiff and Swansea but the formation of the League of Wales in 1992 would lead to a number of Welsh clubs leaving the English Pyramid.
Before 1992, Wales had no National League and the top two divisions in the Welsh Football Pyramid were the Cymru Alliance for the North and the Welsh Football League for the South. In 1991, the Football Association of Wales CEO Alun Evans formed the League of Wales. One of the reasons for its formation was due to the FAW’s fears that they’d lose their seat on the IFAB board along with the ‘home nation’ FAs. Another reason was the improved transport infrastructure. In the early 20th century, most clubs found it easier to travel east to places such as Bristol, Birmingham and the North West than North or South through the midlands of Wales.
At the time there were 11 Welsh teams in the English Football Pyramid, 3 in the Football League and 8 in non-league. The FAW decided to let the 3 football league clubs (Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham) remain in their respective divisions but requested that the other 8 teams, dubbed the ‘irate 8’ by the media, join the new League of Wales. Bangor City, Newtown and Rhyl agreed to join the Welsh football pyramid in time for the 1992-93 season and the FAW issued the remaining 5 clubs Newport, Colwyn Bay, Merthyr Town, Barry Town and Caernarfon Town with an ultimatum. Join the League of Wales and remain in their current stadiums or continue playing in the English Pyramid and be exiled. All five clubs accepted exile and games were played just over the English-Welsh border at Worcester City’s St George's Lane and Gloucester City's Meadow Park. Barry Town succumbed to the pressure of the FAW and joined the League Of Wales after one season. The 4 remaining clubs were the victors of a court ruling in 1995 that allowed them to return to their stadiums in Wales but still play in the English Football Pyramid. Even though they were allowed to return to The Oval, Caernarfon Town decided to join the League of Wales due to the club’s poor performances in the English Leagues.
In 2013, Swansea City won the League Cup after beating Bradford City 5-0. Swansea were concerned that they wouldn’t qualify for the Europa League, one of the prizes for winning the League or FA Cup, but UEFA assured both Swansea and Cardiff that they’d still qualify for the Europa or Champions League if won the required cup or finished in the necessary league position.
In February 2019, Colwyn Bay announced their intention to re-join the Welsh Pyramid for the 2019-20 season after 35 years in the English Pyramid and revealed that they planned to hold talks with the Welsh FA over the following weeks. Bill Murray, the club’s chairman, said that in order for the club to remain competitive they’d need £100,000 more revenue per year. The club told supporters they had three options;
1) Stay as we are and see the club die.
2) Stay in England on a drastically reduced budget and slide further down the pyramid.
3) Start again in local Welsh Football and look to re-build from there to possibly challenge for Welsh Premier status in three or four years.
On 11th March, Bill Murray announced that the club had formally applied to join the Welsh football pyramid following a vote by the shareholders where leave won by 91,600 share votes to 55,624. Two weeks after the vote, the FAW announced that they had accepted Colwyn Bay’s application, adding that they’d start the 2019/20 season in the newly formed “Tier Two League”.
Colwyn Bay’s exit left just 5 Welsh clubs in the English pyramid.
Correction: Merthyr should be pronounced Mer-tha, not Mer-thire
Places To Go - Wales, United Kingdom (S1E7)
On this episode of Places To Go, we're visiting a true gem of the United Kingdom - Wales. Join host Matt Griffith as we explore this fascinating historic destination!
Places we visited:
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Conwy Castle (
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Caernarfon Castle, Tour and historical overview
A Mini Documentary on the History of Caernarfon Castle including in depth tour of the current condition of the castle and what's on offer inside.
Top 10 Welsh castles!
i travelled round Wales between October 2013 and October 2014 and visited 10 castles, heres my 10 favourites!
The Welsh Coast Run Day 1
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Lets All Go To Caernarfon Castle
We visited Caernarfon Castle which was just a 2 minute walk from our hotel. for our trip to North Wales. It was just going to be a fleeting visit, but we ended up taking our time and spent almost 2 hours walking around the castle and enjoying the views over the surrounding countryside.
Caernarfon is architecturally one of the most impressive of all of the castles in Wales. It's defensive capabilities were not as overt or as powerful as those of Edward I's other castles such as Harlech, but Caernarfon was instead intended as a seat of power - and as a symbol of English dominance over the subdued Welsh.
Caernarfon is located at the southern end of the Menai Strait between north Wales and Anglesey. During Edward I's invasions of Wales, this was strategically an excellent place to build a castle; Anglesey was referred to as the garden of Wales, providing agriculturally rich land close to the poorer land on north Wales. The Menai Strait also allowed speedy access between the north Welsh coast and the western coast, and was therefore important for Edward to control for supplying outposts such as Harlech and Aberystwyth.
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10 Best Places to Visit in Wales
Wales shares a great deal of history with the rest of Great Britain, but the rugged beauty of its landscapes and the open nature of its inhabitants make it a distinctly unique travel destination. For first-time visitors, the most obvious difference between Wales and the other lands in the United Kingdom is the tongue-twisting Welsh language. While everyone speaks English, part of the fun of visiting Wales is learning a few phrases of one of the oldest languages in Europe. Besides its Celtic culture, the country is also famous for the large number of imposing castles. Wales’s scenic mountains, valleys and coastlines are just as enchanting, and no visit to Wales is complete without a long tramp through one of its stunning national parks. An overview of the best places to visit in Wales:
Aberystwyth
Caernarfon
Hay-on-Wye
St. David's Cathedral
Brecon Beacons National Park
Cardiff
Conwy
Pembrokeshire Coast
Llandudno
Snowdonia
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Caerphilly Castle, South Wales
Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. It is one of the greatest surviving castles in the medieval Western world. It was a highpoint in medieval defensive architecture with its massive gatehouses and water features. It was built by Earl Gilbert de Clare, beginning in 1268, to frighten Llywelyn, the last native Prince of Wales, from fighting the Normans in the southern part of Wales. Let's go on a tour of the biggest castle in wales.
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Stage 01 - Entering Wales Through the Forest of Dean & Wye Valley - The Welsh Adventure
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Caerphilly Castle (Wales)
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Caerphilly Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerffili) is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert and his descendants and the native Welsh rulers. Surrounded by extensive artificial lakes – considered by historian Allen Brown to be the most elaborate water defences in all Britain – it occupies around 30 acres (12 ha) and is the second largest castle in Britain. It is famous for having introduced concentric castle defences to Britain and for its large gatehouses.
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