New Quay
Coordinates: 52°12′46.31″N 4°21′32.36″W / 52.2128639°N 4.3589889°W
New Quay (Welsh: Cei Newydd) is a seaside town in Ceredigion, West Wales with a resident population of around 1,200 people[1]. Located on Cardigan Bay with a harbour and large sandy beaches, it remains a popular seaside resort and traditional fishing town.
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Tourism and attractions
Key attractions for holidaymakers include the picturesque harbour and expansive sandy beach, as well as the ability to see the population of bottlenose dolphins that resides within Cardigan Bay. The town has a heritage centre and marine wildlife centre, as well as the usual collection of shops and restaurants. Nearby New Quay Honey Farm, the largest bee farm in Wales, has a live bee exhibition and sells honey, mead and beeswax. The outskirts of the town feature many large holiday parks and caravan sites.
The annual Cardigan Bay Regatta, usually in August, has been conducted since at least the 1870s. Events now include inshore sports (swimming, rowing, etc.) and dinghy and cruiser racing.[2]
In addition to the hospitality industry, there is still significant employment in sea fishing and fish processing.
Local facilities
As well as shops, banks, restaurants and pubs, New Quay houses a large primary school, a doctors' surgery and a small branch of the county library service.
The town also has a fire station and an RNLI lifeboat station, which houses two boats: a Mersey class and a D class.[3]
Public transport is provided by regular bus services to Aberaeron, Cardigan and Aberystwyth.
Links with Dylan Thomas
New Quay is one of several places in Wales to claim a link with writer Dylan Thomas, who lived in the area from September 1944 until May 1945[4]. Accordingly, the town is often cited as partial inspiration for the fictitious village of Llareggub in Under Milk Wood.
Much of the location filming for The Edge of Love, a 2008 film based around Thomas, was carried out in and around New Quay[5].
The town has played on its connections with Thomas to attract visitors in recent years, such as through the creation of a Dylan Thomas trail which maps the poet's links with the area[6].
References
- ^ http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?adminCompAndTimeId=25561%3A302&a=3&b=6116490&c=New+Quay&d=14&r=1&e=13&f=22315&o=131&g=415895&i=1001x1003x1004x1005&l=1818&m=0&s=1261054579250&enc=1
- ^ "Cardigan Bay Regatta in its 126th year". New Quay Yacht Club. http://www.nqyc.co.uk/regatta.html. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "New Quay Fleet". RNLI. http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/west/stations/NewQuayCardiganshire/fleet.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/dylan-thomas/pages/new-quay.shtml
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819714/locations
- ^ http://tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk/saesneg/newquay.htm
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