Ceredigion
Ceredigion is an extensive county in mid Wales. A partly coastal county, it is bordered by Cardigan Bay to the west, Gwynedd to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire to the south, and Pembrokeshire to the south-west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Aberystwyth and Cardigan.
Aberystwyth
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Aberystwyth is in the county of Ceredigion, in Wales. Aberystwyth, called the true capital of Wales by some, is a smallish town on the Ceredigion coast, just below the Dyfi estuary.
Cardigan
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Cardigan is a coastal town in western Wales. Over half the population of 4200 speak Welsh as a first language.
Aberaeron
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Aberaeron is a coastal town in Ceredigion, Wales, with multicoloured houses, a harbour and many small independent shops.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lampeter and New Quay.
Lampeter
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Lampeter is a town of about 3,000 people in Ceredigion, Wales, on the River Teifi. Welsh language and culture continue to thrive in Lampeter. The town is best known for the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.
New Quay
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New Quay is a seaside resort town in Ceredigion, popular for its fine beaches and harbour. It's also a good place to spot bottlenose dolphins.
Newcastle Emlyn
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Newcastle Emlyn is a market town located in both Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, straddled across the River Teifi, located halfway between the towns of Carmarthen and Cardigan.
Llandysul
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Llandysul is a small town on the Afon Teifi, Wales. The river is well known for its recreation opportunities, especially angling and kayaking.
Aberporth
Borth
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Borth is a village of 1,400 people in Ceredigion. It lies on the coast 7 miles north of Aberystwyth. The village is the quintessential British seaside resort, with mixed sand and stony beach, sea wall, pubs and shops selling plastic buckets and spades.
Devil’s Bridge
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Devil's Bridge is a tourist hotspot in Ceredigion just off the coast of West Wales, near Aberystwyth.
Pontrhydfendigaid
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Pontrhydfendigaid is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on the western flank of the Cambrian Mountains, between Devil's Bridge and Tregaron. The village lies on the River Teifi, whose source is just 3 miles to the east at Llyn Teifi.
Llangrannog
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Llangrannog is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, 6 miles southwest of New Quay. It lies in the narrow valley of the River Hawen, which falls as a waterfall near the middle of the village. Llangrannog is on the Wales Coast Path.
Ponterwyd
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Ponterwyd is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales, approximately 12 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44 road.
Ceredigion
- Type: County with 71,600 residents
- Description: principal area in mid-Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire
- Also known as: “Cardiganshire”, “Ceredigion County”, “County of Cardigan”, and “County of Ceredigion”
- Neighbors: Carmarthenshire, Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire, and Powys
- Categories: principal area of Wales and locality
- Location: Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude of center
52.25° or 52° 15′ northLongitude of center
-4° or 4° westPopulation
71,600Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)Abbreviation
“CGN”OpenStreetMap ID
node 302324066OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
2653814Wikidata ID
Q217829
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Ceredigion” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ceredigion”
- Belarusian: “Кардыганшыр”
- Belarusian: “Керэдыгіён”
- Bengali: “কেরেডিজন”
- Breton: “Ceredigion”
- Bulgarian: “Керъдигиън”
- Bulgarian: “Керъдиджиън”
- Catalan: “Ceredigion”
- Cebuano: “Ceredigion”
- Cebuano: “County of Ceredigion”
- Chinese: “Ceredigion”
- Chinese: “錫爾迪金”
- Chinese: “锡尔迪金”
- Chinese: “開雷迪吉昂”
- Cornish: “Keredigyon”
- Czech: “Ceredigion”
- Danish: “Ceredigion”
- Dutch: “Ceredigion”
- Esperanto: “Ceredigion”
- Estonian: “Ceredigion”
- Finnish: “Ceredigion”
- French: “Cardiganshire”
- French: “Ceredigion”
- French: “District du Ceredigion”
- French: “Sir Ceredigion”
- Galician: “Ceredigion”
- German: “Cardiganshire”
- German: “Ceredigion”
- German: “GB-CGN”
- Gujarati: “કેરેડિગિયોન”
- Hebrew: “קרדיגיון”
- Irish: “Ceredigion”
- Italian: “Ceredigion”
- Japanese: “カーディガンシャー”
- Japanese: “ケレディジョン”
- Japanese: “サー・ケレディジョン”
- Kannada: “ಸೆರೆಡಿಜನ್”
- Korean: “케레디기온 주”
- Korean: “케레디기온”
- Korean: “케레디전 주”
- Korean: “케레디전”
- Kurdish: “Cardiganshire”
- Ladin: “Ceredigion”
- Latin: “Cereticensis comitatus”
- Latvian: “Keredigjona”
- Lithuanian: “Keredigionas”
- Low German: “Ceredigion”
- Manx: “Cardiganshire”
- Manx: “Ceredigion”
- Manx: “Sir Aberteifi”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ceredigion”
- Northern Frisian: “Ceredigion”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ceredigion”
- Norwegian: “Ceredigion”
- Persian: “کردیگیون”
- Polish: “Cardiganshire”
- Polish: “Ceredigion”
- Portuguese: “Cardiganshire”
- Portuguese: “Ceredigion”
- Romanian: “Ceredigion”
- Russian: “Кардиганшир”
- Russian: “Кередигион”
- Scots: “Ceredigion”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceredigion”
- Slovak: “Ceredigion”
- Slovenian: “GB-CGN”
- Spanish: “Ceredigion”
- Swedish: “Cardiganshire”
- Swedish: “Ceredigion”
- Tamil: “செரெடிகின்”
- Telugu: “కెరెడిగియాన్”
- Turkish: “Ceredigion”
- Ukrainian: “Кередігіон”
- Urdu: “کیرڈگیئن”
- Urdu: “کیریدگیون”
- Vietnamese: “Ceredigion”
- Welsh: “Ceredigion”
- Welsh: “Etholaeth Ceredigion”
- Welsh: “Sir Aberteifi” (historical)
- Welsh: “Sir Ceredigion”
- Welsh: “Sir Geredigion”
- “Ceredigion”
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