Places to visit in Wales, United Kingdom
14 places to visit in Wales, United Kingdom, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Caernarfon Castle, Conwy Castle, Harlech Castle and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Wales volume.
4 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 7 Famous places to visit · 3 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Wales (4)
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Caernarfon Castle
A medieval fortress begun by Edward I in 1283 on the site of an earlier Norman castle, as the centre of his rule in north Wales. Its banded walls and polygonal towers were modelled on the Walls of Constantinople, and the Roman fort of Segontium lies nearby.
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Conwy Castle
A fortress built by Edward I between 1283 and 1287, together with the walls that still ring the town of Conwy. Its eight great towers stand over the estuary, and it is part of a World Heritage Site with his other castles in Gwynedd.
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Harlech Castle
A medieval castle built by Edward I between 1282 and 1289 on a rocky knoll above the Irish Sea. Owain Glyndŵr took it in 1404 and made it his residence and headquarters, and the song Men of Harlech is said to recall a later siege.
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
An aqueduct by Thomas Telford that carries the Llangollen Canal high over the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen, finished in 1805. Narrowboats cross in an iron trough on stone piers, with a towpath alongside for walkers, and it is a World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in Wales (7)
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Brecon Beacons
A range of grassy mountains in south Wales whose peaks include Pen y Fan, the highest in the south, and its twin Corn Du. They gave their name to the wider national park, now known in Welsh as Bannau Brycheiniog.
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Cardiff Castle
A medieval castle in the centre of Cardiff, built by the Normans on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. Its stone shell keep still stands on its mound, and in the 19th century the Marquess of Bute turned the house into a lavish Gothic Revival mansion.
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Portmeirion
A village built in an Italianate style on the estuary of the River Dwyryd by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. Its pastel houses, piazza and gardens were the setting for the 1960s television series The Prisoner.
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Snowdon
The highest mountain in Wales, at 1,085 metres, and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands. Several paths and a rack railway climb to the summit, which on a clear day looks out across the mountains of Eryri to the sea.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway
A narrow gauge rack and pinion railway that climbs 7.6 kilometres from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. It opened in 1896, and on the steepest sections the toothed rack keeps the trains from slipping.
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St Davids Cathedral
A Church in Wales cathedral in St Davids, Britain's smallest city, close to the most westerly point of Wales. It stands on the site of the monastery of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, in a hollow below the town.
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Tintern Abbey
The roofless ruin of a Cistercian abbey on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, founded in 1131 as the first of its order in Wales. Its Gothic walls and empty windows inspired Wordsworth and Turner.
Hidden gems in Wales (3)
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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
A national park established in 1952 that takes in most of the Pembrokeshire coastline, the upper reaches of Milford Haven and the Preseli hills. A long coast path runs its length, past cliffs, coves and wide sandy beaches.
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Skanda Vale
A spiritual centre and monastery in the hills of Carmarthenshire near Llanpumsaint, founded in 1973 by Guru Sri Subramanium. Run by the Community of the Many Names of God, it welcomes people of every faith and centres on devotion and selfless service.
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Wales Millennium Centre
Wales's national arts centre on Cardiff Bay, opened in 2004 and finished in 2009. Its curved front is clad in bronze-coloured steel with lines of poetry in Welsh and English cut through it, lit up after dark.
Collecting in Wales
What are the best places to visit in Wales?
LOQAH lists 14 places in Wales. The best known include Caernarfon Castle, Conwy Castle, Harlech Castle, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Brecon Beacons. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Wales?
14, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Wales?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Wales before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Wales and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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