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  PEMBROKESHIRE - LoveToKnow Article on PEMBROKESHIRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The principal inlets are Milford Haven, St Brides Bay, lreshwater Bay, Fishguard Bay and Newport Bay.
The principal rivers are the Teifi, forming the northern boundary of the county from Abercych to Cardigan Bay; the Nevern and the Gwaun, both falling into Cardigan Bay; and the Eastern and Western Cleddau, forming the Daugleddau after their junction below Haverfordwest.
Bay and building the castle of Newport at Trfdraeth, won for himself the extensive lordship of Kemes (Cemmaes) between the river Teifi and the Preselley Mountains.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PEMBROKESHIRE.htm   (3614 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay, Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cardigan Bay (Welsh: Bae Ceredigion or Bae Aberteifi) is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between the Lleyn and Pembrokeshire peninsulas.
Much of the coast surrounding the bay is fertile farmland, dotted with towns and seaside resorts such as Fishguard, New Quay, Aberystwyth, Barmouth and Pwllheli on the Cambrian Coast.
The Central and Northern area of the Bay is the location of the legendary Cantre Gwaelod the Hundred under the Sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cardigan_Bay,_Wales   (165 words)

  
 Welcome to the CARDIGAN and Cardigan Bay in Wales. Visit CARDIGAN Welsh and the countryside and coast of Wales. Photo ...
Cardigan Castle was built by the Normans and visitors can still see the keep and the castle towers which are unfortunately in a ruined state.
Cardigan is close to the border of the Pembrokeshire National Park and attractions include an abbey, a working watermill and the Welsh Wildlife Centre at Cilgerran.
Cardigan Bay stretches for 40 miles along some of the most sparsely populated areas in Britain.
www.birminghamuk.com /cardigan.htm   (256 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cardigan Bay started off 24 yards and produced a memorable effort by recording a fantastic win over a high class field.
In addition to that prestigious win, Cardigan Bay was also successful in two Auckland Cups, and a New Zealand Cup, the latter from the huge handicap of 54 yards.
Bought for $100,000 in 1964, Cardigan Bay was considered too old to be of any great value in America, but after overcoming injuries he became a household word.
www.harnessnet.com.au /legends/cbay.htm   (277 words)

  
 Bae Aberteifi SAC ~ Cardigan Bay SAC. Effluent disposal
Although Cardigan STW, its associated discharges, and two sites at Aberporth, are just outside the cSAC boundary, they have been included here because they serve a relatively large part of the local population and are extremely close to the site boundary.
Dilution of discharges is very high, even in low tidal energy environments such as Cardigan Bay, and there is no obvious mechanism for delivering a “challenge dose” of sufficient magnitude for a pathogen to cross a species barrier.
Cardigan Bay current data are very limited, but for practical purposes the extension will be 4 nautical miles south westwards from Cemaes Head and 3.5 nautical miles north-eastwards from Aberarth, in a direction parallel to the shoreline.
www.cardiganbaysac.org.uk /english/manplan_dolph_536.htm   (1076 words)

  
 Wildlife News:Rainbow Warrior to investigate threats to the survival of cetaceans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cardigan Bay, on the west coast of Wales, is one of the last remaining areas
Cardigan Bay, on the west coast of Wales, stretches for 150 miles from
Cardigan Bay is home to one of the UK's resident populations of
www.naturalworldtours.co.uk /articles2002/october/051002o.htm   (1017 words)

  
 Cardigan Town Trail and History Map
The demise of Cardigan as a port was caused by the silting up of the river, the change from sail to steamships and the arrival of the railway in 1885.
In 1815, Cardigan was the most important of all Welsh ports and its Customs House, at the end of Chancery Lane, controlled all shipping from Fishguard to Aberaeron.
By 1279 Cardigan had become one of the most important castles in Wales and King Edward I made the town the new administrative headquarters for the shire of Cardigan.
www.cardigan-chamber.co.uk /history.htm   (1895 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay, Wales - a tourist guide
Cardigan Bay in west Wales- a great sweep of remote grandeur, from Dongellau via Aberystwyth to Cardigan
Along the sea, a 40 mile sweep of glorious coastline of Cardigan Bay.
Cardigan Castle did not survive the Civil War, was partly blown up in 1645, and all that now remains is odd bits of the structure.
www.wales-calling.com /guide/cardigan-bay.htm   (627 words)

  
 Connors
Cardigan Bay and I are both foals of 1956.
Dancer moved Cardigan Bay to the lead before the half, then shook off a persistent second-half challenge by the pacer's fellow New Zealander, the mare Robin Dundee, to win comfortably.
Cardigan Bay was immediately retired, and per the agreement upon his being imported, he was returned to his native New Zealand, where he enjoyed many glorious years as a pensioner.
www.ustrotting.com /hoofbeats/jerry-s.htm   (730 words)

  
 BBC - Coast Cardigan Bay to the Dee
North Wales - Cardigan Bay to the Dee
Cardigan Bay is one of the most important locations off the British coast for bottlenose dolphins, with a population of approximately 127.
The Barmouth railway and pedestrian bridge which crosses the Mawddach estuary is wooden and was built in 1867 to carry the Cambrian Railway.
www.bbc.co.uk /coast/programmes/04-cardigan-bay-dee.shtml   (904 words)

  
 Cardigan Attractions - what to see and do
Cardigan is a busy tourist centre with friendly shops, excellent sports facilities and all year round entertainment at Theatr Mwldan.
Cardigan is the main Town at the northern end of the Pembrokeshire coastal path.
Cardigan Bay is of course famous for its seal and dolphin populations, which can often be seen along this coast.
www.cardigan-chamber.co.uk /attractions.htm   (613 words)

  
 Visit Cardigan West Wales | Cardigan Town and Cardigan Bay | Cardigan Coast and Castle
Cardigan West Wales is an ancient Welsh cultural and commercial centre on the Teifi estuary, now a thriving market town famous for its many festivals.
Cardigan’s largely unspoilt townscape and its rich cultural heritage make it a very special place to visit and enjoy.
Today Cardigan offers a special visitor experience, ideally located to explore the unspoilt land and seascapes of the Teifi Valley and Cardigan Bay.
www.visitcardigan.com   (129 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cardigan Bay, on the west coast of Wales, is one of the last remaining areas around the UK where cetaceans still seem to be relatively abundant.
Cardigan Bay has a variety of complex bathographic features which seems to also offer suitable habitats to other cetaceans such as Risso’s dolphins, Grampus griseus, which have been little studied.
Increasing efforts are being made to complete full cetacean surveys of the Bay and determine what the real distributions of the porpoises, dolphins and whales found in these waters are.
www.wdcs.org /dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A7B8127D874CF2B380256C4E0030AD8D   (376 words)

  
 Research and Education Centre in Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Sea Watch Foundation Cymru is dedicated to raising awareness, knowledge and conservation of the marine wildlife of Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC) through research and education.
The purpose of our research is to monitor the marine mammal populations found within Cardigan Bay's SAC and gain information to aid the conservation and long-term well being of these animals and the local environment.
Estimate the abundance and study the distribution of bottlenose dolphins, harbour porpoises and grey seals within the Cardigan Bay SAC using opportunistic boat surveys and dedicated line transects usinf distance sampling.
www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk /marine.htm   (285 words)

  
 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These pages will show you the riches of Cardigan Bay, the threats and how you can be part of the solution.
Friends of Cardigan Bay are an active conservation group based in Aberystwyth on the shores of Cardigan Bay, West Wales.
To conserve and improve the quality of the environment of Cardigan Bay for all life.
www.friendsofcardiganbay.org   (226 words)

  
 Cardigan Historic and Holiday Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Cardigan you will find everything you need for an enjoyable holiday whether you enjoy walking along coastal paths, cycling on quiet country lanes, fishing for salmon and sewin, exploring historic and ancient sites or just playing in the beautiful clear waters of Cardigan Bay.
You may even have the chance to see the Bottlenose dolphins swimming in the bay, or walk along the River Teifi where otters and their cubs can often be seen from the town bridge or the Welsh Wildlife Centre.
Cardigan market town sits on the lower reaches of the River Teifi which flows below the ancient castle walls towards the nearby Cardigan Bay coast and the blue flag beach of Poppit Sands.
www.cardigan-chamber.co.uk   (269 words)

  
 Management plan for bottlenosed dolphins launched   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
draft management plan for the bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay has been launched, and local people are being invited to get involved in protecting this rare and special species at two public workshops next month.
Cardigan Bay's submission, however, is rather more exceptional because the Bay is one of just two sites in Britain where the bottlenose dolphin can be found.
They are being held at 7.30pm on Friday 25 February at the Black Lion, Cardigan (refreshments from 7pm), and at 11am on Sunday 26 February at Penmorfa, Aberaeron, (refreshments from 10.30am).
www.naturalworldtours.co.uk /articles2000/jan/jan2200b.htm   (513 words)

  
 What to do and where to go around Cardigan Bay
Whether you would enjoy feeding the animals or watching the cows being milked to watching the seals and dolphins in Cardigan Bay or perhaps admire the profusion of colour at the butterfly centre, Park Hall is the ideal base from which to do it.
The Teifi Valley is surrounded by rolling hills, deep wooded gorges and lush greet valleys, rich in both history and wildlife the river runs down to the mouth of Cardigan Bay and unites the three counties of Pembrokeshire.
The village is built on the gentle slopes of the Neuadd and Penywig Hills, falling to a sheltered harbour and a golden sandy beach on one side of the quay and a stoney craggy beach on the other.
www.park-hall.co.uk /moreattractions.htm   (3662 words)

  
 The Dolphins of Cardigan Bay - Newquay Directory of Accommodation, Pubs, Restaurants, Local services and Events.
Naturally, there has been an awakened interest in the Dolphins of Cardigan Bay, and these animals are now regarded as a tourist attraction with special Dolphin watching boat trips going out of New Quay on a regular basis.
Cardigan Bay is one of two important locations off the British coast for Bottlenose Dolphins.
An Admiralty survey undertaken in 1748 notes that the herring industry in Cardigan bay employed 97 small sloops, 38 of which were employed between Aberaeron and New Quay.
www.newquay-westwales.co.uk /dolphins.htm   (1322 words)

  
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Cardigan Bay's new in-shore lifeboat station has been protected against the elements using Sikkens.
The station houses a D class lifeboat and a B class Atlantic lifeboat, with their respective launching vehicles.
The completed lifeboat station is one of many projects commissioned and funded by the charitable Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and the application of the Sikkens ensures that the timber elements of the building are suitably protected against the sea-side elements of Cardigan Bay.
www.sikkens.com /NR/exeres/82390682-A5D8-43A5-9A6B-8E6B2727DCAB.htm   (182 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay Cardiganshire Coast and Country West Wales
Cardigan Bay Cardiganshire - information on accommodation, attractions and festivals.
Cardigan Town Guides and Aberaeron Town Guides and New Quay town guides.
More than 160 Bottlenose Dolphins were spotted in the inshore waters of Cardigan Bay last summer.
www.cardiganshirecoastandcountry.com   (195 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A bay in Prince Edward Island called Cardigan Bay
RFA Cardigan Bay a logistics ship of Britain's Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cardigan_Bay   (96 words)

  
 Green Tourism Cardigan Bay West Wales
Cardigan Bay West Wales is the ideal environment for green tourism.
Cardigan Bay West Wales, home of the bottlenose dolphin is so special that most of the coastline is a protected Heritage coast.
Footpaths are hedged with masses of wild flowers and you are likely to see foxes and badgers as well as a wide variety of birds including the increasingly abundant red kite.
www.cardiganshirecoastandcountry.co.uk   (139 words)

  
 HMS Cardigan Bay Association
The 10th Anniversary of the HMS Cardigan Bay was celebrated in fine style at the Ramada Hotel in Swansea during the week-end 7th - 8th 9th and 10th of October when over 100 of the ships company spent four days together.
The HMS Cardigan Bay Association is non profit making and has been established to promote camaraderie and friendship between all those who served aboard the Royal Naval vessel HMS Cardigan Bay at any time throughout the vessels commissioned service.
So if you have served aboard HMS Cardigan Bay at any time and would like to get back in touch with your old pals please email us, we would be pleased to hear from you.....
www.hmscardiganbayassociation.co.uk   (648 words)

  
 Royal Navy: Bay Class Landing Ships
Mounts Bay and Cardigan Bay will be built at BAE Systems Govan Yard on the Clyde and are due to enter service in 2005.
The Bay Class are designed to operate over the horizon using helicopters and landing craft through a floodable stern dock to get men and equipment ashore.
During her time in the Far East HMS Cardigan Bay took part in the Korean War, for which she carries the battle honour.
www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/2750.html   (476 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre New Quay West Wales
The old coastguard lookout above Birds Rock was restored in 2001 to become the Cardigan Bay lookout.
There are two groups, the voluntary Marine Heritage Coast and the statutory Cardigan SAC who have observation areas along the coast monitoring the dolphin and porpoise population.
During the summer months Sun Fish are regularly visitors along the coast between Cardigan Island and Aberaeron.
www.new-quay.com /marinecentre.htm   (301 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay Cottages - Welcome
Gwbert is a small village on the Heritage Coast of Cardigan Bay.
The Bay famous for its bottlenose dolphins, porpoise and grey seals, has many secluded coves and sandy beaches.
Cardigan Golf Course (18 holes) is half a mile away.
www.teificottages.co.uk   (270 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay Home Page
Cardigan Bay Holiday Park is set in the peaceful secluded valley which is situated 300 yards from the golden sands of Poppit Beach, recently awarded the UK Seaside Award, this makes Cardigan bay the ideal holiday location for family holidays in Wales.
The outdoor pool is a big hit with young and old and the adjoining patio area is a real sun trap in the summer.
There is a small children's play area and plenty of open space for play and with the park itself being totally flat, all facilities are easy and accessible.
www.cardiganbay.co.uk   (166 words)

  
 Cardigan Bay holiday cottages :: A Welsh borders cottage is likely to be built from sturdy grey local stone, red brick ...
Cardigan Bay holiday cottages :: A Welsh borders cottage is likely to be built from sturdy grey local stone, red brick or painted bright colours
Cardigan Bay is possibly the most picturesque area for holidaymakers in Wales and offers discerning visitors untold pleasures, in the most beautiful and welcoming holiday cottages
Cardigan Bay holiday cottages are available in all four seasons
www.welshcottageholidays.co.uk /holiday.php   (1778 words)

  
 Holidays Cardigan Bay: West Wales Cardigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canllefaes cottages are surrounded by fields at the end of our own private lane, about 250 metres from the A487 Cardigan to Aberaeron road, just outside the village of Penparc.
This location is ideal for exploring the mountains, beaches and countryside of this beautiful part of West Wales.
Cardigan, an ancient market town is approx 2 miles down the road.
welshtourism.co.uk /listings/card4.php   (508 words)

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