What is "penarth"

Penarth is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is the wealthiest seaside resort in the Cardiff Urban Area, and the second largest town in the Vale of Glamorgan, next only to the administrative centre of Barry.

During the Victorian era Penarth was a highly popular holiday destination, promoted nationally as "The Garden by the Sea" and was packed by visitors from the Midlands and the West Country as well as day trippers from the South Wales valleys, mostly arriving by train. Today the town, with its traditional seafront, continues to be a regular summer holiday destination (predominantly for older visitors), but their numbers are much lower than was common from Victorian times until the 1960s, when cheap overseas package holidays were introduced.

Although the number of holiday visitors has greatly declined, the town retains a substantial retired population, representing over 25% of residents, but Penarth is now predominantly a dormitory town for Cardiff commuters. The town’s population was recorded as 20,396 in the United Kingdom Census 2001.

The town retains extensive surviving Victorian and Edwardian architecture in many traditional parts of the town.

Penarth is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

Penarth may also refer to:

• Penarth, Cardiganshire, a former hundred of Cardiganshire, Wales, UK
• Penarth, Delaware, an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, U.S.
• Penarth Group, a Rhaetian age (Triassic) lithostratigraphic group
• Penarth RFC, a Welsh rugby union club

Penarth is a timber-framed house set back from the A483 road near to Newtown and close to the banks of the river Severn. It is within the parish of Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic county of Montgomeryshire, which now forms part of Powys. It is amongst the best examples of the ‘‘Severn Valley’’ timber-framed houses. The Penarth vinyard stands within the grounds of the house.