Penarth, The Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
🏴 Penarth is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg), Wales, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Cardiff city centre on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay.
Penarth is the wealthiest seaside resort in the Cardiff Urban Area, and the second largest town in the Vale of Glamorgan, next only to the administrative centre of Barry.
During the Victorian era Penarth was a highly popular holiday destination, promoted nationally as "The Garden by the Sea" and was packed by visitors from the Midlands and the West Country as well as day trippers from the South Wales valleys, mostly arriving by train. Today, the town, with its traditional seafront, continues to be a regular summer holiday destination (predominantly for older visitors), but their numbers are much lower than was common from Victorian times until the 1960s, when cheap overseas package holidays were introduced.
Although the number of holiday visitors has greatly declined, the town retains a substantial retired population, representing over 24% of residents, but Penarth is now predominantly a dormitory town for Cardiff commuters. The town includes the nearby suburb Dinas Powys.
The town retains extensive surviving Victorian and Edwardian architecture in many traditional parts of the town.
Penarth, The Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Penarth has a population of over 27,226 people. Penarth also forms part of the wider Vale of Glamorgan district which has a population of over 135,295 people. Penarth is situated 10 km north-east of Barry.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Penarth has links with:
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🏴 Wandsworth 51.455
🏴 Richmond upon Thames 51.456
🏴 Twickenham 51.443
🏴 West Norwood 51.427
🇪🇸 Alcázar de San Juan -3.2
🏴 Caerphilly -3.218
🏴 Barrow-in-Furness -3.226
🏴 Barrow in Furness -3.226
Locations Near: Penarth -3.186,51.4441
🏴 Cardiff -3.167,51.467 d: 2.8
🏴 Barry -3.26,51.42 d: 5.8
🏴 Caerphilly -3.218,51.578 d: 15.1
🏴 Pontypridd -3.342,51.602 d: 20.6
🏴 Weston-super-Mare -2.978,51.348 d: 17.9
🏴 Newport -3,51.583 d: 20.1
🏴 Cwmbran -3.015,51.651 d: 25.9
🏴 Tonypandy -3.451,51.622 d: 27
🏴 Ebbw Vale -3.215,51.797 d: 39.3
🏴 Merthyr Tydfil -3.375,51.761 d: 37.5
Antipodal to: Penarth 176.814,-51.444
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🇳🇿 Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 19081.8
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