Mid Wales
Ceredigion
Aberystwyth

Old College

Old College, Aberystwyth, is a building that forms part of the University of Aberystwyth in , , . The first building on the site, of which nothing remains, was a villa constructed c.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: Grade I listed building in Ceredigion. Building in Aberystwyth, Wales
  • Also known as: “Aberystwyth University Old College”, “Aberystwyth University Old College Building”, “Old College, Aberystwyth”, “Old College, University of Wales, Aberystwyth”, “University College Of Wales Old College Building”, and “Yr Hen Goleg - Aberystwyth University Old College”
  • Address: King Street, SY23 2BH
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aberystwyth Castle and St Michael’s Church.

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in , , . It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a mile to the south. is situated 580 feet southwest of Old College.

Church
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
St Michael's Church is a in the town of , , . St Michael's is the fourth church to stand on the site. The first dated from the 15th century but was in ruins by the mid-18th century.

Pier
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , Aberystwyth is a pleasure located in , , . The first pier to open in Wales, after a series of heavy storms it is now a much shortened version of its originally constructed length of 242 metres. is situated 460 feet north of Old College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penparcau and Waunfawr.

Village
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is a village and electoral ward in , , situated to the south of . The original village was a hamlet, but the building of extensive Art Deco style semi-detached social housing from the 1920s on transformed it.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a village and community in , Wales. It is on the outskirts of next to and Southgate. It forms the eastern part of the continually built-up area of Aberystwyth.

Old College

Latitude
52.41475° or 52° 24′ 53″ north
Longitude
-4.08836° or 4° 5′ 18″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
9C4QCW76+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 55217442
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6946759
Wiki­data ID
Q17735890
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Old College” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Yr Hen Goleg”
  • Cebuano: “Old College (unibersidad sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Old College”
  • French: “Old College”
  • Swedish: “Old College (universitet i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Old College”
  • Welsh: “Hen Goleg Prifysgol Aberystwyth”
  • Welsh: “Yr Hen Goleg”

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