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.
- Type: Village with 710 residents
- Description: village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Solfa”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Raul Speek Gallery and Penpleidiau.
Castell Penpleidiau
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Davids and Newgale.
Newgale
Whitchurch
Hamlet
Solva
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8736° or 51° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
-5.1979° or 5° 11′ 53″ west
Population
710
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Open location code
9C3PVRF2+CR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Solva” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Solva”
- Breton: “Solfach”
- Catalan: “Solfach”
- Cebuano: “Solva”
- Cornish: “Solfach”
- Czech: “Solva”
- Dutch: “Solva”
- French: “Solva”
- German: “Solva”
- Irish: “Solfach”
- Italian: “Solva”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Solva”
- Persian: “سولوا”
- Polish: “Solva”
- Scots: “Solfach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Solfach”
- Spanish: “Solva”
- Swedish: “Solva, Wales”
- Swedish: “Solva”
- Welsh: “Solfach”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Cradle and Nine Wells.
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