North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Mid Wales (Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth "The Midlands" is the name given to the area of Wales lying between North and South Wales England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
It comprises the island of Anglesey, the Llŷn peninsula and the Snowdonia mountain range, together with the catchments of the Rivers Conwy, Clwyd and Dee. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. Snowdonia (Eryri is a region of North Wales and a National park of in area A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there The River Conwy ( Welsh: Afon Conwy) is a River in north Wales. The River Clwyd is a River in North Wales. It has its rises in the Clocaenog forest ( five miles north west of Corwen. The River Dee ( Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) is a 70-mile-long (110 km River.
Traditionally, most of North Wales was covered by the kingdom of Gwynedd. Gwynedd (pr) is one of several Welsh Successor states that emerged in 5th-century post-Roman Britain.
The region is currently made up of the following administrative areas:
- the county borough of Wrexham (Wrecsam)
- the county of Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)
- the county of Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
- the county borough of Conwy
- the county of Gwynedd
- the county of the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
However, "North Wales" could be used to describe the northern half of Wales, which would also include the northern parts of Powys and Ceredigion. For Local government purposes Wales is divided into 22 Unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services including education County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland) to refer to a Borough or a City Government The region is governed as a unitary authority by Wrexham County Borough Council. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. History The current administrative area of Flintshire (a Unitary authority) came into existence in 1996 when the former Administrative county of Clwyd Formation The present principal area was formed on April 1, 1996, under the Local Government (Wales Act 1994, from various parts of the county Geography It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory This article is about the county of Wales For the ancient kingdom see Kingdom of Powys. Geography List of places in CeredigionCeredigion is a coastal county bordered by Cardigan Bay to the west Gwynedd to the north Powys to the east
The area is mostly rural with many mountains and valleys. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak This, in combination with its coast (on the Irish Sea), has ensured that tourism is the principal industry. The Irish Sea ( Irish: Muir Éireann or Muir Meann; Scottish Gaelic: Muir Eireann Welsh: Môr Iwerddon, Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Farming, which was once the principal economic force in the area, is now much reduced in importance. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture The average income per capita of the local population is the lowest in the UK and much of the region has EU Objective 1 status [1]. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Regional policy of the European Union (EU is a policy with the stated aim of improving the Economic Well-being of certain regions
The eastern part of North Wales contains the most populous areas, with more than 300,000 people living in the areas around Wrexham and Deeside. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region For Royal Deeside see River Dee Aberdeenshire Deeside (Glannau Dyfrdwy is the name given to the predominantly industrial Conurbation of towns that Wrexham is North Wales' largest town, with a population of 68,000 in 2005. The majority of other settlements are along the coast, including some popular resorts, such as Rhyl, Llandudno and Pwllheli. Rhyl ((ə r̥ɨl Welsh Y Rhyl) is a seaside town on the Irish Sea, in the county of Denbighshire (within the preserved Llandudno (pronounced /ɬan'dɪdnɔ/ is a Seaside resort and Town in Conwy, Wales. Pwllheli is the main Market town of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. The A55 expressway links these towns with the north of England and the port of Holyhead for ferries to Ireland; few routes connect North Wales with South Wales. The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Holyhead ( IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/ Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi " is the largest town in the county of Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world South Wales (De Cymru is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south and Mid Wales and West Wales There are two cathedral cities — Bangor and St. Asaph, and a number of mediaeval castles (e. Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. St Asaph ( Welsh: Llanelwy) is a town in Denbighshire, North Wales, on the River Elwy. g. : Criccieth, Dolbadarn, Harlech, Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Conwy). Criccieth Castle is a Castle situated on the headland between two beaches in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in North Wales, on a rocky Peninsula Dolbadarn Castle rests on a rocky hillock at the tip of Llyn Padarn, perched above a roadway near Llanberis, in Gwynedd, North Wales. Harlech Castle, located in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Concentric castle, constructed atop a cliff close to the Irish Sea. Caernarfon Castle (Castell Caernarfon was constructed at Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, by King Edward I of England, following his Conwy Castle (traditional Conway Castle Welsh Castell Conwy) is a Castle in Conwy, on the north coast of Wales.
North Wales has a distinct regional identity. Its dialect of the Welsh language differs from that of other regions such as South Wales in some ways; for example llefrith is used in most of the North instead of llaeth for "milk"; a simple sentence such as go upstairs now would be Dos i fyny'r grisiau rwan in North Wales, where it would be Cer lan y stâr nawr in the South. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic South Wales (De Cymru is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south and Mid Wales and West Wales Colloquially, a person from North Wales (especially one who speaks with this dialect or accent) is known as a North Walian, or a Gog (from the Welsh gogledd, meaning "north").
For many purposes Wales can be divided into only three regions, North Wales, South Wales and West Wales. South Wales (De Cymru is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south and Mid Wales and West Wales West Wales (Gorllewin Cymru is the western area of Wales bordered by South Wales to the east and Mid Wales to the north In this scenario the boundary between North Wales and West Wales is marked by the Ceredigion - Powys border. Powys itself is divided with the Traditional County of Brecknockshire being included in South Wales with Montgomeryshire included in North Wales. Brecknockshire (Sir Frycheiniog also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn (Sir Drefaldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales.
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Local media
- Television is provided by BBC Wales throughout the area and by BBC North West in eastern border areas. BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Flintshire, Denbighshire and Greater Wrexham lie within the broadcast area of both ITV Wales and ITV Granada/ITV Central West, and S4C and Channel 4. History The current administrative area of Flintshire (a Unitary authority) came into existence in 1996 when the former Administrative county of Clwyd Formation The present principal area was formed on April 1, 1996, under the Local Government (Wales Act 1994, from various parts of the county Government The region is governed as a unitary authority by Wrexham County Borough Council. HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England. Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central and now legally ITV Central Ltd, is the British Independent Television contractor S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru meaning Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began
- Independent local radio stations in this area include: 105. 4 Century RadioMarcher Sound (Wrexham, Chester and Flintshire), Coast 96.3 (North Wales coast), Champion 103 (Gwynedd and Anglesey), and Radio Maldwyn (mid Wales; signal particularly strong in Greater Wrexham). Marcher Sound (formerly MFM 1034) is a radio station broadcasting to north east Wales and north west England from its Mold Road studios in Gwersyllt Coast 963 (formerly Marcher Coast FM) is a commercial Radio station in Wales, available along the North Wales coast Champion 103 is a local radio station broadcasting to Gwynedd and Anglesey from the Arfon transmitting station, owned by Global Radio Radio Maldwyn - The Magic 756 is a local commercial Radio station serving Mid Wales and the English border counties Radio City 96.7, Dee 106.3, Signal One, Beacon Radio, Buzz 97.1 (a sister station of Marcher Sound) and other stations are very much accessible in the north-east. Radio City 967 (also previously known as City FM and Radio City) is an Independent Local Radio station based in Liverpool, Dee 1063 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Chester. Signal One is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from studios in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent to Staffordshire and Cheshire Beacon Radio is the name of a Radio station in the Midlands of England, previously known as Beacon FM, and before that Beacon Radio 303. Wirral's Buzz is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the Wirral Peninsula, sharing its facilities with Marcher Sound and Classic Gold
- No local BBC radio stations exist for North Wales, but the national services BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru serve much of the area. BBC Radio Merseyside, Manchester and Lancashire are strong in north eastern areas, with reception of BBC Radio Cumbria in some coastal areas. BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside and north Cheshire.
Related Constituencies
North Wales was a European Parliament constituency until 1999. North Wales was an Electoral constituency of the European Parliament which roughly covered the unofficial region of North Wales &mdashin the nation of The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU
Currently, there is an electoral region for the National Assembly for Wales with the name (used, in parallel with the smaller constituencies, to elect top-up members under the Additional Member System), which covers the North-East of Wales (specifically the entire area of the former pre-1996 county of Clwyd) as well as the Northern-most coastal areas of north-western Wales; the rest of North Wales is covered by Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region). Constituencies Distribution of additional members Former constituencies 1999 to 2007 The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Additional Member System (AMS is a branch of Voting systems in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 it was a county with a County council, and was divided into six districts Constituencies Distribution of additional members Former Constituencies 1999 to 2007
See also
External links
- Ancient Tenures of North Wales PDF book by Alfred Neobard Palmer published in 1910
- Images of North Wales
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