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  Tregaron, Wales, history, tourist information, B&B and self catering holiday accommodation
Tregaron is an ideal place to stay for people who enjoy, cycling, walking, bird-watching and fishing as well as being a central location for the many historic sites and attractions that West Wales has to offer.
Tregaron nestles in the foothills of the Cambrian mountains near the mountainous source of the river Teifi.
Henry Richard was was born in Tregaron in 1812.
e-britain.co.uk /tregaron   (2385 words)

  
  Tregaron today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-05)
Mae Tregaron yn ateb anghenion yr ardal amaethyddol, a hefyd yn cynnig croeso sydd yn Gymraeg i’w wreiddiau.
Tregaron Trotting Races are undoubtedly one of the main events in Tregaron with races usually being held twice a year, over one-day in May, and over a Friday and Saturday in August, at Dolyrychain Fields.
Tregaron serves the needs of the surrounding agricultural area, but despite this it does offer the best of Welsh welcomes from a community that is Welsh to its very core.
www.aber.ac.uk /~dcswww/Telematics/leader_ii/commerce/caron/tregaron/tregaron_today.html   (718 words)

  
 TREGARON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-05)
Tregaron lies near the mountainous source of the river Teifi and nestles at the southern end of Cors Goch Caron, a huge red-tinged marshland that is a National Nature Reserve and famous for the variety of birds to be spotted here, including the rare Red Kite.
To the east of Tregaron lies mile after mile of heathered upland, once the haunt of Twm Sion Cati, the Robin Hood of Wales.
Six miles north of Tregaron, near Pontrhydfendigaid lie the ruins of Strata Florida, the Cistercian Abbey, founded in 1164, that was once the Westminster of Wales and where so many of our native Princes are buried.
www.westwales.co.uk /towns/trege.htm   (118 words)

  
 Tregaron Golf Course - Bellevue, NE
Tregaron annual pass holders may play golf at any scheduled tee times (subject to availability) with no charge for green fees.
Tregaron annual pass holders can make tee time reservations 14 days in advance, the general public is in 7 days.
Tregaron annual pass holders will receive charging privileges in the golf shop and restaurant, with no minimum requirements.
www.tregarongolf.com /view.asp?id=137&page=2551   (219 words)

  
 GENUKI: Tregaron
Places, villages, farms etc within Tregaron parish as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file].
Description of the parish of Tregaron from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
Morgan, M.E. Cipdrem ar Hanes Tregaron a'r Cylch.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/wal/CGN/Tregaron   (1076 words)

  
 Tregaron Red Kite Centre
The Kite Centre is located on the B4343, just outside Tregaron on the road to Llanddewi Brefi.
Tregaron Kite Centre also acts as an information centre for Cors Caron (Tregaron Bog).
Brynheulog Bed and Breakfast, Llanddewi Brefi, Tregaron (Near Lampeter and Aberystwyth), Ceredigion (Dyfed) SY25 6PE, Mid Wales (West Wales), Wales, UK.
www.brynheulog.com /tregaron_red_kite_centre.htm   (172 words)

  
 History of Tregaron
The town stands among the foothills of the Cambrian Mountains, 15 miles inland from the coast at Aberaeron and 17 miles south of Aberystwyth.
In the square at the centre of town stands a statue of a famous son of Tregaron, Henry Richard.
Tregaron is also the birthplace of Twm Sion Cati, the Welsh Robin Hood, whose hideout was said to be a cave in the hills above the town.
www.cambriancrafts.co.uk /crafts05.html   (309 words)

  
 TREGARON, Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Tourist information.
Tregaron is located south of one of Europe's largest growing peat bogs - Cors Goch Glan Teifi - an important National Nature Reserve sheltering dozens of species of rare flora and fauna.
To the east of Tregaron lie some of the last great unspoiled upland areas of Wales and England, akin to the Highlands of Scotland in its character.
At Ffrwdargamddwr there is a choice between proceeding towards Abergwesyn and, perhaps, a round trip back to Tregaron via the Elan Valley, or proceeding in a southerly direction towards Llandovery via the Brianne Dam.
tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk /saesneg/tregaron.htm   (495 words)

  
 3Citron Caterers :: Tregaron
Tregaron is a gated, hill-top estate off Connecticut Ave., NW in Cleveland Park.
Tregaron is currently a building on the Upper School campus of Washington International School.
Tregaron is on the National Register of Historic Places and has long been considered one of Washington’s great homes.
www.3citron.com /tregaron.html   (308 words)

  
 %3C Tregaron at Local.co.uk
A wallpaper image of the statue of Henry Richard in the centre of Tregaron, Ceredigion.
Tregaron Hotel - Find Hotel Rooms allows you to find and book UK hotel rooms, we cover all areas of the UK and offer great hotel room rates.
Availability Tregaron Red Kite Centre If you want to know more about the Red Kite, local wildlife and history, then the Tregaron Red Kite Centre and museum is the place to visit for local information.
www.local.co.uk /Tregaron/<   (514 words)

  
 Tregaron: Touring Wales on Britannia
Tregaron is situated in the Upper Teifi Valley, about three-quarters of the way from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth on the A485.
Tregaron is home to the Welsh Craft Design Centre, which features gold and silver Rhiannon jewelry.
A few miles north of Tregaron, on the B4343 at Pontrhydfendigaid, minor roads take you to Soar Y Mynydd Chapel with a sanctuary, house and stable all under one roof, and to Strata Florida Abbey.
www.britannia.com /tours/wales/tregaron.html   (272 words)

  
 BBC - Mid Wales Tregaron - Tregaron
Tregaron's most famous son made his name as a campaigning MP and a leader of the peace movement.
The Welsh Robin Hood was born in Tregaron and is said to have made his hide out in a cave above the town.
Tregaron bog is said to be one of the finest raised bog systems in the whole of Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/tregaron   (350 words)

  
 Tregaron Workhouse and Poor Law Union
Tregaron: Bettws Leiki, Blaen Penal or Llan Penal, Caron (2), Caron Uwch Clawd or Strata Florida, Dothie Camddwr, Dothie Piscottwr, Garth and Ystrad, Garthili, Gogoyan, Gorwyd, Gwnfil, Lower Gwnnws, Upper Gwnnws, Llanbadarn Odyn, Lower Llanfihangel Lledrod, Upper Llanfihangel Lledrod, Llangeithw, Llanio, Nantewnlle, Prisk and Carvan, Yspytty Ystrad Meiric, Yspytty Ystwith.
The Tregaron Union workhouse, which bears the date 1876, was built at a site to the south of the town.
Tregaron rear of entrance block from east, 2000.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Tregaron/Tregaron.shtml   (273 words)

  
 Tregaron Holiday Cottage
Set in an area renowned for red kites flying freely overhead, this charming traditional 1800' s Welsh terraced cottage is situated on the mountain road leading out of Tregaron.
Recently completely refurbished, it boasts a delightful garden with open countryside beyond, and is only a 3 minute stroll from the square of a small market town, complete with shops and pubs.
Tregaron is the ideal base for a holiday spent exploring Mid Wales -just 15 miles from the magnificent
www.tregaroncottages.co.uk   (162 words)

  
 Tregaron Walk - Hillscape Walking Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-05)
Tregaron is a small and still very rural market town on the Brenig river - a tributary of the Teifi.
Our walk starts in Tregaron and follows very small country lanes and then a footpath up the delightful Berwyn valley to the east of the town.
Returning on forest tracks and then a short stretch of open country to the summit of Carn Fawr, with views of the mountains of South Wales, the Preseli Hills of Pembrokeshire, and Plynlimon and Cader Idris to the north.
www.wales-walking.co.uk /walks/w19.htm   (107 words)

  
 DCPL: Most Endangered Place -- Tregaron Estate
Built in 1912 by architect Charles Adam Platt for owner James Parmalee, Tregaron is a twenty-one acre site consisting of open fields and woodlands with meandering streams.
Tregaron was the second collaboration between Shipman and Platt.
Most recently, the owners of the 14 developed acres have sought permits to begin construction of 16 new houses and to carve a new road through the sloping, grassy meadow, drastically altering the appearance of the site.
www.dcpreservation.org /endangered/2004/tregaron.html   (274 words)

  
 Contemporary art, live music, crafts and fine food in Mid Wales : celf CAMBRIA arts
cerddoriaeth fyw a bwyd da yng nghanol Tregaron, Canolbarth Cymru gyda Celf Cambria.
Ffair Gelf Agored Canolbarth Cymru, y digwyddiad celf fforddiadwy mwyaf yng Nghanolbarth Cymru, ffair flynyddol yn Oriel Cambria ar sgwar Tregaron sy'n denu arlunwyr a phrynwyr celf o Gymru gyfan a'r tu hwnt.
Gwesty'r Talbot ar sgwar Tregaron, llwyfan i rai o fandiau a cherddorion gorau'r byd.Yr holl ystod gerddorol, -Jas, gwerin, roc, blws, cantorion - delynegwyr, Cajun, gwlad, a Cherddoriaeth Byd mewn awyrgylch agos-atoch.
www.cambriaarts.org.uk   (437 words)

  
 Country cottages in Wales: Tregaron in Ceredigion
The cottage is about 150 years old and has been very recently refurbished, retaining some of the original stone walls and beamed ceilings.
Tregaron is an ideal base for walking, cycling, fishing, golf, sightseeing in the glorious Cambrian mountains or lazing on a quiet sandy beach.
There is a shop that sells most things, and an hotel that serves excellent food on the town square which is approximately a 5 minute walk away.
www.cottageguide.co.uk /tegfrynholidays   (131 words)

  
 Tregaron Conservancy
Tregaron Conservancy is working to restore the historic Tregaron Estate.
The mission of the Tregaron Conservancy is to preserve, rehabilitate and maintain historic Tregaron Estate built in 1912.
With miles of paths throughout the woodlands, lily ponds, gardens, meadows and along the streams, Tregaron Estate will be opened to visitors for their use and enjoyment.
www.tregaronconservancy.org /index.html   (268 words)

  
 Easter Meet 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-05)
In Mid Wales Tregaron is 18 miles from the nearest railway stn at Aberystwyth
Tregaron is small market town on the Tywi river.
Leave Tregaron via B road to Llandewi (last chance to but food here) climb up Brefi valley after 5 miles tarmac ends and we take the track past Bryn Amber and drop down steeply to the confluence of the Doethie and Towy.
website.lineone.net /~simeonorme/page11.html   (498 words)

  
 News Wales > Tourism > New start for wildlife centre
On Thursday 14 March the Kite Centre and Museum at Tregaron will officially be re-established as a valuable centre for both the local community and visitors.
Jo Lewis of the Tregaron Kite Centre and Museum said: “The official opening is the culmination of a lot of hard work by the local community.
Sixth form students at Tregaron High School have created life size models of 12 birds that are seen at Cors Caron.
www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Tourism&F=1&id=5417   (440 words)

  
 Wales on the Web Tregaron — A Movie of the Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-05)
At the Teifi Valley’s head, 10 miles North of Lampeter, Tregaron lies amongst the Cambrian Mountains or “the Desert of Wales” — with its ancient hills and vast sheep-walks, which in places are almost 2000ft above sea level.
Tregaron Bog, or “Cors Caron”, is 4 miles long, a mile wide and over 30feet deep, and in legend covers the drowned city of Maes Llyn.
Tregaron Church, dedicated to Irish Saint Caron, retains its C14th tower.
www.worldwidewales.tv /html/movie-143.php   (544 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The ancient Drovers town of Tregaron is ideally suited for this.
Traveling the world as "Secretary of the peace society", Henry Richard was born in Tregaron in 1820, to the rear of the Red Lion Inn..
A few miles South East n and deep within the Cambrian mountains is Soar Y Myndd, The most remote, still in use, Chapel in West Wales.
visit-tregaron.co.uk   (214 words)

  
 GENUKI: Tregaron
Places, villages, farms etc within Tregaron parish as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file].
Description of the parish of Tregaron from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
Tregaron Women's Institute.Tregaron, 1984.The more recent version published in 2000 is available for lookups on the South/West Wales Lookup Exchange.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/CGN/Tregaron   (1342 words)

  
 TREGARON
Tregaron lies near the mountainous source of the river Teifi and nestles at the southern end of Cors Goch Caron, a huge red-tinged marshland that is a National Nature Reserve and famous for the variety of birds to be spotted here, including the rare Red Kite.
To the east of Tregaron lies mile after mile of heathered upland, once the haunt of Twm Sion Cati, the Robin Hood of Wales.
Six miles north of Tregaron, near Pontrhydfendigaid lie the ruins of Strata Florida, the Cistercian Abbey, founded in 1164, that was once the Westminster of Wales and where so many of our native Princes are buried.
westwales.co.uk /towns/trege.htm   (118 words)

  
 Washington International School: About WIS » Facilities » Rentals
Tregaron is a gated, hilltop estate in Cleveland Park (north of the National Zoo).
Originally called “The Causeway,” the estate was purchased in 1940 by Ambassador Joseph Davies and his wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post, upon their return from Russia, and re-named Tregaron (Welsh for “village of three wells”).
Tregaron is available whenever school is not in session.
www.wis.edu /aboutwis/facilit_rentals.asp   (586 words)

  
 Tregaron Capital Company - Home
Tregaron Capital brings its unique experience base and focus to each transaction and portfolio company.
To achieve this goal, we invest in strong companies and partner with strong executives to build businesses that grow.
Tregaron Capital Company, 300 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301
www.tregaroncapital.com /index.htm   (54 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Tregaron Avenue Guide | Tregaron Avenue London, N8, England, UK | London Streets by Street
Tregaron Avenue is located in the borough of Haringey
Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
The nearest underground station to Tregaron Avenue is 'Archway ' which is about 29 minutes to the South West.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/tregaron_avenue_b1a.html   (228 words)

  
 Tregaron Golf Course.. presented by LastMinuteGolfer.com - Omaha, NE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-05)
Playing Tregaron is as thrilling as it is beautiful.
Tregaron's rolling rye-grass fairways with its well-placed mounds and pot bunkers lend a true "links style" look to the course.
Tregaron is an enjoyable and challenging test of golf for players of all skill levels.
www.lastminutegolfer.com /Course/Course.asp?CourseID=399   (337 words)

  
 Removals Wales - Tregaron - Removal companies - Removals Tregaron - Free moving estimates by removal companies
Free quotes for removals to, or from Wales - Tregaron.
Moving from Tregaron to another area in the UK.
Famous people from Tregaron include Henry Richard and the so-called Welsh Robin Hood, Twm Sion Cati.
www.removals-uk.net /Wales/Tregaron.html   (233 words)

  
 Shelby's and Trolinger's
Tregaron derives its name from Caron, an Irish saint of the second or third century AD.
Tregaron was the birthplace in 1530 of the legendary Welsh character Twm Siôn Cati ("Tom John,
The pictures were taken around noon in the centre of Tregaron on a sunny April day
www.trolinger.com /judy/Judith4.htm   (401 words)

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