National Coracle Centre

River Dee Coracle Demo

Saturday 22nd October 2016. The Llangollen Museum organised a fund raising event themed around coracles. There is a history of coracle use on many British rivers but particularly in Wales. Traditionally, they were fishing boats, fisherman each to a coracle, working in pairs, operating a net slung between the two vessels.

Today, coracle use is still practised for fishing in odd areas of Wales, Ireland & Scotland, but most use is seen among enthusiasts interested in these tiny boats.

If you are in the Llangollen area of North Wales any time, I recommend this local attraction -

Coracles on the Teifi

Mark introduces us to the CORACLE !

Coracles on the River Teifi. Archive film 96415

Amateur home movie 1962. Family movies.
On a farm in West Wales. Two boys play chase round a van - a game of tag. Tractor with trailer full of children drives through entrance of farm. The two older brothers sit in a coracle boat at Cenarth on the River Teifi. The 8-year older boy has the paddle and is instructed by a man in another coracle.

Coracles. Racing on the River Stour at Bures. Documentary

coracle racing on the River Stour Suffolk at Bures England on the 6th August 2011 in HD.

Weatherman Walking in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire

Derek Brockway takes a gentle stroll from the pretty seaside village of St Dogmaels in Pembrokeshire. Starting in the village they visit the 12th-century priory before heading along the Teifi estuary and climbing the stunning clifftop path above Cemaes Head.

River Severn at Bridgnorth

Video footage from Bridgnorth where floodwater has swamped the Severn Park Play Area.

Places to see in ( Lampeter - UK )

Places to see in ( Lampeter - UK )

Lampeter is a town in Ceredigion, South West Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the Afon Dulas. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion after Aberystwyth and Cardigan.

The University of Wales, Trinity Saint David formerly St.David's College, St. David's University College of the University of Wales, then University of Wales, Lampeter, now UWTSD, was founded in 1822 by Bishop Burgess of St David's Cathedral to provide training for those wishing to join the Anglican priesthood, or lead a principled lay life following a classical education in a Welsh degree granting college. In 1852 it was granted a charter to award the BD degree and in 1865 another charter enabled it to confer BA degrees in liberal arts. Its central building, based on an Oxbridge quadrangle was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell. Lampeter was a constituent part of the University of Wales from the early 1970s until 2008, when the original charter was used to reform higher education in West Wales with the integration of Trinity College Carmarthen, further education colleges in Cardigan and LLanelli, and the technical college known as Swansea Metropolitan into the University of Wales Trinity St. David's.

Lampeter has a strong sporting community, which also serves to smaller settlements nearby, such as Cwmann and Llanybydder. Many sports are played in the town, with rugby union being the most popular. This is largely because Lampeter fielded the first rugby union team in Wales. The sport is believed to have arrived in the late 1840s, meaning the town has a very long tie and history with the sport. The town is represented by Lampeter Town Rugby from under 7s to under 16s and youth at junior levels, and at senior levels by both the 1st XV and by a 2nd XV, named Lampeter Saints.

Lampeter hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1984. It was at this Eisteddfod that the farmers union pledged its support to the striking miners of the '84-'85 strike and thus, for the first time ever, brought the agricultural and industrial sides of Wales together as one. Because of this, the Lampeter Eisteddfod is considered to have been one of the most important in recent Welsh history.

Lampeter's local Eisteddfod, Eisteddfod Rhys Thomas James Pantyfedwen, is held annually over the August bank holiday. It was also from Lampeter, in 1968, that William Julian Cayo-Evans first marched his paramilitary nationalist 'Free Wales Army'. Lampeter and its surroundings are home to a theatre (Theatr Felin-fach at Felinfach), a museum and a number of locally owned shops rather than national chain stores. Dylan Thomas' links with Lampeter and nearby Talsarn, where he lived, have been documented.

Transport in Lampeter was greatly improved with the opening of the railway in 1866 which linked the town to both Carmarthen and Aberystwyth, as well as the seaside resort of Aberaeron (although this branch was only opened in 1911). After the nationalisation of the railways, the passenger service to Aberaeron ceased in 1951. Passenger trains on the main line to Carmarthen and Aberystwyth continued until December 1964, when the track was badly damaged by flooding south of Aberystwyth and through trains were suspended. A service between Carmarthen and Tregaron continued until February 1965 but this was the era of the Beeching Axe and it took little political persuasion to decide that the cost of repairs would be unjustified and all remaining passenger services were withdrawn.

( Lampeter - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Lampeter . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Lampeter - UK

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**WEST WALES MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD**

Nr NEWCASTLE EMLYN in West Wales is a museum of nostagia for all ages. This video gives you a taste of what to expect.

Laugharne coracle making day 2

Coracle making Laugharne

Cardigan River Festival Fireworks 2015

Cardigan in west Wales hosts an annual riverside festival each year. At the end of the day just after dark has fallen a fireworks display takes place in front of the castle on the river Teifi.

All Wales Boat Show - world record attempt!

Ant Burgess yn ymgeisio am record byd! / world record attempt at Plas Heli