North Wales Regions
The snowdonia national park in north west wales contains the greatest of the mountain ranges.
North wales regions. To experience wales natural beauty explore the beaches and open moorland of the gower peninsula where sweeping yellow bays and precipitous cliffs caves and blowholes in the south meet wide flat marshes and cockle beds in the north. Gogledd cymru is the northernmost region of wales it is bordered by the principal areas of ceredigion powys and the rest of wales to the south england and its counties of shropshire and cheshire to the east and the irish sea to the north and west. On the three welsh economic regions north wales mid and south west wales and south east wales. We reckon you could spend a lifetime exploring all north wales has to offer but let s start with a quick look at each area whichever you decide to visit you re guaranteed a world class experience.
Anglesey môn the largest island in england and wales lies off the northwestern coast and is linked to the mainland by road and rail bridges. The aim of this release is to provide context to the individual regional releases and to highlight differences that exist between the three regions for the nine topics in question. Visit wales pages on north wales. The varied coastline of wales measures about 600 miles 970 km.
It takes its name from snowdon yr wyddfa in welsh wales tallest summit at 1 085m 3 560ft above sea level. Wales is bounded by the dee estuary and liverpool bay to the north the irish sea to the west the severn estuary and the bristol channel to the south and england to the east. North wales is welsh through and through. Find out about the regions of wales.
The other major range is the brecon beacons in south wales and its highest summit is the 886m 2 907ft pen y fan. Or if the weather fails you pay your respects to welsh poet dylan thomas in pretty laugharne. This is a region that s passionate about language music and history with magnificent castles railways and festivals. And the urban south.
North wales regional skills partnership nwrsp south east wales cardiff capital region skills partnership ccrsp south west and mid wales regional learning and skills partnership rlsp regional skills partnerships rsps are tasked with analysing economic challenges and likely growth areas to identify the skills needed in the workforce. Snowdonia anglesey the llŷn peninsula the north wales coast and north east wales. Each constituency elects one member of the senedd by the first past the post. North wales is an electoral region of the senedd consisting of nine constituencies the region elects thirteen members nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members the electoral region was first used in the 1999 welsh assembly election when the national assembly for wales was created.
North wales the epic landscapes of north wales are alive with action and a rich distinctive culture.