Mid Wales
Mid Wales, or Central Wales, is a region of Wales, encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the Senedd covered the unitary authority areas of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionnydd.| 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.
Brecon
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Brecon is in many ways a typical small Welsh market town in Mid Wales. The surrounding scenery is quite stunning, as Brecon is located within the Brecon Beacons National Park, which extends to the south, east and west.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Powys and Ceredigion.
Powys
Powys is a principal area in Mid Wales. It consists of the historic counties of Brecknockshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.
Ceredigion
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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.
Brecon Beacons National Park
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The Brecon Beacons National Park is a national park in southern Wales. Within an area of 1347 km², the park contains some of the most spectacular and distinctive upland formations in southern Britain.
Mid Wales
- Type: region
- Description: geographical region of Wales
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude of center
52.45° or 52° 27′ northLongitude of center
-3.33° or 3° 19′ 48″ westWikidata ID
Q3094811
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mid Wales” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Erdialdeko Gales”
- Chinese: “中威尔士”
- Chinese: “中威爾斯”
- Danish: “Mid Wales”
- Esperanto: “Centra Kimrio”
- French: “Galles centrales”
- French: “Galles Centrales”
- French: “Pays de Galles central”
- German: “Mittelwales”
- Greek: “Κεντρική Ουαλία”
- Hebrew: “מרכז ויילס”
- Italian: “Galles centrale”
- Japanese: “ミッド・ウェールズ”
- Japanese: “中部ウェールズ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Midt-Wales”
- Romanian: “Centrul Țării Galilor”
- Spanish: “Gales Central”
- Venetian: “Gałes sentrałe”
- Welsh: “Canolbarth Cymru”
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