Solva
Solva is an ancient harbour village near St Bride's Bay in the county of Pembrokeshire in North Wales. It lies on a deep ravine at the mouth of the River Solva.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TR001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 710 residents
- Description: village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Solfach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raul Speek Gallery and Penpleidiau.
Penpleidiau
Islet
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penpleidiau is an islet, which is situated 2½ miles west of Solva.
Castell Penpleidiau
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castell Penpleidiau is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles west of Solva.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Davids and Newgale.
St Davids
St Davids is Britain's smallest city and home to Wales' most important cathedral. The city is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, and is part of a cultural history area in Wales.
Newgale
Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newgale is a village with a three mile stretch of beach in the parish of Roch, Pembrokeshire. The beach is situated in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and has rugged coastal scenery with the path winding up and down the cliffs.
Whitchurch
Hamlet
Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch is a small village and parish in north-western Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
Solva
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8736° or 51° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
-5.1979° or 5° 11′ 53″ westPopulation
710Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
9C3PVRF2+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 60171069OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637543Wikidata ID
Q1022259
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Solva” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Solfach”
- Basque: “Solva”
- Breton: “Solfach”
- Catalan: “Solfach”
- Catalan: “Solva”
- Cebuano: “Solva”
- Chinese: “Solva”
- Cornish: “Solfach”
- Czech: “Solva”
- Dutch: “Solva”
- French: “Solva”
- German: “Solva”
- Irish: “Solfach”
- Irish: “Solva”
- Italian: “Solva”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Solva”
- Persian: “سولوا”
- Polish: “Solva”
- Scots: “Solfach”
- Scots: “Solva”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Solfach”
- Spanish: “Solva”
- Swedish: “Solva, Wales”
- Swedish: “Solva”
- Welsh: “Solfa”
- Welsh: “Solfach”
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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 “Solva”. Photo: TR001, CC BY-SA 3.0.