Wales
Castle-ringed capital Cardiff, the walled harbour towns and coast path of Pembrokeshire, the Victorian resorts and steam railways of the north, and the peaks of Snowdonia. Split into North and South Wales once it carries ten or more towns.
9 towns in United Kingdom
Towns in Wales
Aberystwyth
A Cardigan Bay university town: a Victorian prom from castle to Constitution Hill, a cliff railway, and steam up the Rheidol valley
Betws-y-Coed
A village where the Llugwy meets the Conwy: Telford's iron bridge, a 14th-century church by the station, and the waterfalls of Eryri up the A5
Caernarfon
A castle at the foot of the square, walls you walk round, a Roman fort up the road and steam from the quay, on the Menai Strait
Cardiff
The Welsh capital where a 2,000-year-old castle sits in the middle of the shopping streets, and the national stadium sits in the middle of everything
Conwy
A walled town people still live in: Edward I's castle, a complete circuit of medieval walls, and three river crossings in a row
Hay-on-Wye
The book town on the Wye: second-hand shops on Lion Street, a restored castle above the Clock Tower, and Hay Bluff at the top of the Offa's Dyke Path
Llangollen
A Dee valley town at the head of a World Heritage canal: horse-drawn boats from the wharf, heritage trains up the valley to Corwen, and Castell Dinas Brân on the hill above
Mumbles
Swansea's seaside end: a castle over the village, a Victorian pier, ice cream on the prom and a coast path round the headland
Tenby
The pastel-painted walled harbour town on Carmarthen Bay, three beaches and a monastery island on the doorstep