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Laston House
William Paxton built his saltwater baths above the harbour in what is now Laston House. The Greek writing on the pediment translates as the optimistic, The sea will wash away all the evils of man.
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Red Kite Centre
A former pub, now the licensed Red Kite Cafe, is also a feeding centre for the beautiful kites themselves, who swoop in daily. You may see around 50 of the birds, alongside buzzards and ravens.
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Ucheldre Centre
Housed in a former convent chapel, Ucheldre is the towns artistic hub. Call in to view the latest exhibition and to find out whats coming up in the way of films, live music, drama and dance.
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Pembroke Antiques Centre
A wonderful old neoclassical Methodist chapel stocked to the impressively high rafters with antiques, Pembroke Antiques Centre is a good place to search for a quirky souvenir with a bit of history to it.
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Radnorshire Museum
Small and low-key, rather like the town itself, this museum offers a taste of local social history, archaeology and palaeontology. Radnorshire was a historic county, which was incorporated into Powys in 1974.
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Pendre Art
Not only a great place to buy local art, Pendre has an excellent coffee shop serving sandwiches, wraps, baguettes and home-baked scones. Bring your laptop to take advantage of the free wireless connection.
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Great Orme Aerial Cable Car
Britains longest cable car runs from the Happy Valley Gardens above the pier and, if its not too windy, whisks passengers up to the summit of the Great Orme in just 18 minutes, with superb sea views en route.
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Camera Obscura
One relic of the Victorian era is a camera obscura, an immense pinhole camera or projecting telescope that allows you to see practically into the windows of the houses below and spy on friends on the beach.
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Crug Hywel
Crug Hywel (Hywels Rock; 451m), better known as Table Mountain, rises to the north of Crickhowell. You can make a steep but satisfying hike to the impressive remains of an Iron Age fort at the top (3 miles round trip).
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Devils Bridge
Mysterious Devils Bridge spans the Rheidol Valley on the lush western slopes of Plynlimon (Pumlumon Fawr; 752m), source of the Rivers Wye and Severn. Here the Rivers Mynach and Rheidol tumble together in a narrow gorge.
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Butetown History & Arts Centre
This centre is devoted to preserving oral histories, documents and images of the docklands. The displays put the area into both a historical and present-day context, and theres a gallery devoted to temporary exhibitions.
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Rhayader Museum & Gallery
Focussing on local identity, social history and life in Rhayader and the surrounding area, this small museum uses historic artefacts, films and oral histories to explore everything from folk tales to sheep farming.
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Blaenavon World Heritage Centre
Housed in an artfully converted old school, this centre houses a cafe, tourist office, gallery, gift shop and, more importantly, excellent interactive, audiovisual displays that explore the industrial heritage of the region.
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Llanthony Priory
Halfway along the Vale of Ewyas lie these atmospheric 13th-century ruins, set among grasslands and wooded hills by the River Honddu. Though not as grand as Tintern Abbey, the setting is even more romantic; JMW Turner painted the scene in 1794.
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Llandrindod Lake
Just southeast of the centre is a sedately pretty, tree-encircled lake, built at the end of the 19th century to allow Victorians to take their exercise without appearing to do so. The lakes centrepiece is a sculpture of a Welsh dragon.
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Techniquest
With the aim of introducing kids to science, Techniquest is jam-packed with engrossing, hands-on exhibits that are equally enjoyable for under-fives and inquisitive adults. The planetarium stages night-sky demonstrations and science shows.
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Mumbles Pier
At the end of a mile-long strip of pastel-painted houses, pubs and restaurants is a rocky headland abutted by a Victorian pier with a sandy beach below. Built in 1898, it houses the usual amusement arcade and a once-grand cafe festooned with chandeliers.
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Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
At Tywyn’s Wharf Station, this museum is one for the history buffs, with shiny narrow-gauge steam locomotives and the story of the volunteers who preserved the railway. Regular temporary exhibitions focus on Tywyn- and locomotive-related subjects.
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Swallow Falls
Betws-y-Coeds main natural tourist trap is located 2 miles west of town alongside the A5. Its a beautiful spot, with the torrent weaving through the rocks into a green pool below. Outside of seasonal opening hours, bring a £1 coin for the turnstile.
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WH Smith Museum
Newtowns WH Smith bookshop has been lovingly restored to its original 1929 look, complete with wooden furniture, mirrors, signage and skylights. Upstairs is a free little company museum telling the history of one of Britains biggest household names.
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