Walking BritainBorth y Gest Harbour, Llŷn Peninsula
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Caption - Borth y Gest Harbour, Llŷn Peninsula. The harbour is now very shallow, drying completely at most low tides, but in the past it was home to some of the ships that carried Ffestiniog slate around the world. Some of those ships were actually built here as well.
Walk 3383 : Morfa Bychan from Borth-y-Gest
Photographer : David Medcalf
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Llyn Peninsula
In 1956, a large part of the Llŷn Peninsula was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. It is now a National Landscape. It is one of only five such areas in Wales. The logoshows a Chough as this bird favours the peninsula's rocky coastline where there are around 60 nesting pairs. The Llŷn Peninsula AONB covers 155 square kilometres with approximately 70% of the area's population speaking Welsh. More Information
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