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Ceredigion

Borth

Borth is a village of 1,400 people in . It lies on the coast 7 miles north of . The village is the quintessential British seaside resort, with mixed sand and stony beach, sea wall, pubs and shops selling plastic buckets and spades.
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Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
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  • Type: Town with 1,270 residents
  • Description: village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Morfa Borth” and “Y Borth”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borth railway station and Borth Animalarium.

Railway station
Photo: Ben Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of Borth, near , Wales. It is a stop on the Cambrian Line between and .

Zoo
Photo: Steve Sea, CC BY 3.0.
, formerly known as Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, is a zoo, located in the seaside Welsh town of Borth, 7 miles north of in the county of , . It occupies 12 acres and in 2015 had some 27,000 visitors.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Walter's Castle and sometimes Castell Penweddig, is the remains of a Norman situated on a large hill above the old village of in northern , , four miles northeast of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdyfi and Llandre.

Photo: Badgernet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in . It lies at the mouth of the river Dyfi, from which it derives its name. is a holiday resort, traditionally popular with golfers and sailors but also with more adrenaline-driven sportspeople, and is home to Britain's Best Beach Donkey.

Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
, or Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, is a village in , Wales. It lies 5 miles north of in the north-west of the county, on the road from to Borth.

Hamlet
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
is a hamlet in the Genau'r-glyn district of , Wales, approximately 4+1⁄2 miles north-east of . Along with the village of Pen-y-garn, is now often considered to be part of the neighbouring village of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Borth.

Borth

Latitude
52.4881° or 52° 29′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.0508° or 4° 3′ 3″ west
Population
1,270
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
9C4QFWQX+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29227485
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655162
Wiki­data ID
Q894252
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Borth” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Borth”
  • Breton: “Y Borth”
  • Catalan: “Y Borth”
  • Cebuano: “Borth”
  • Chinese: “Borth”
  • Cornish: “Y Borth”
  • Dutch: “Borth”
  • French: “Borth”
  • German: “Borth”
  • Irish: “Y Borth”
  • Italian: “Borth”
  • Japanese: “ボース”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Borth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y Borth”
  • Spanish: “Borth”
  • Swedish: “Borth”
  • Welsh: “Borth”
  • Welsh: “Y Borth”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Borth”. Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.