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Welsh Weblinks

 

There are many interesting web sites about Wales and Welsh language, history, sport and culture; these links will take you to a wealth of information from Welsh sites around the world. (Links to information about places in Wales can be found on our Towns and Villages page):

 

Public Bodies

Bullet National Assembly of Wales
Bullet Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments)
Bullet Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Bullet Welsh Development Agency
Bullet Welsh Books Council
Bullet National Eisteddfod of Wales
Bullet National Language Centre
Bullet Ystalyfera Development Trust
Bullet Countryside Council for Wales
Bullet Civic Trust for Wales
Bullet Carmarthenshire County Council
Bullet West Wales European Centre, Trinity College, Carmarthen
Bullet Flintshire Disability Action Centre, Buckley
Bullet Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea – devoted to Swansea’s famous son
Bullet National Eisteddfod of Wales
Bullet West Wales European Centre, Trinity College, Carmarthen
Bullet Ceredigion Chambers of Commerce
Bullet Pembrokeshire Chamber of Commerce
Bullet Wales Tourist Board
Bullet Wales Index – useful Welsh websites
Bullet National Library of Wales – the top centre for Welsh literature and culture
Bullet National Botanic Garden of Wales – information about the new Garden
Bullet Environment Wales
Bullet Wales Craft Council
Bullet Wales on the Web / Cymru ar y We – a pair of gateway sites from the National Library

Entertainment and the Arts

Bullet Swansea Bay Summer Festival
Bullet Theatre in Wales – information about Welsh drama
Bullet World Wide Wales – brief movies about Wales and Welsh life
Bullet What’s On Wales – An essential guide to what’s on across Wales
Bullet More Music – The Swansea music scene, and more
Bullet Teena Gould – Artist working in Llangrannog, near Llandysul
Bullet Carreg Lafar – Traditional Welsh music
Bullet Côr Meibion De Cymru – The South Wales Male Choir
Bullet Risca Male Choir
Bullet Côr Meibion Pontypridd – Pontypridd Male Voice Choir
Bullet Cymdeithas ddawns Werin Cymru – Welsh Folk Dance Society
Bullet Dawnswyr Tipyn o Bopeth – traditional dance group
Bullet Geraint Griffiths, singer and composer
Bullet Sain – Welsh and other Celtic music
Bullet All Things Welsh – Welsh-language and Welsh-interest on-line bookstore.
Bullet Dylan Thomas webcam – Webcam views of some of Dylan’s Swansea haunts
Bullet Stuart Burrows’ official website
Bullet Aspects of Wales – photos of South Wales
Bullet Old photographs of the United Kingdom – including thousands of Wales
Bullet Siadwell’s Welsh Rock and Pop Pages – from the 60s to the present
Bullet Celta CD – Music from Wales and Spain on a charity CD
Bullet Curiad – the Welsh Rock Music Webzine
Bullet Honno – Welsh Women’s publications
Bullet Llanelli artists – Unsigned bands and writers from Llanelli and area
Bullet Welsh Paintings – Online gallery of Welsh artists’ work for sale
Bullet Red Kite Studio – Family and animal portraiture etc – 6 miles south of Aberaeron
Bullet Dark Horse – Photos of North Wales and parts of northern England
Bullet Joe Bennett Gallery – Paintings inspired by cromlechs and JRR Tolkein
Bullet Y Stiwdio, Aberystwyth – Art workshop and courses at Aberystwyth
Bullet Chris Chalk West Wales Artist
Bullet Drew’s Online Art Gallery – Drew Guest, Pembrokeshire artist’s gallery
Bullet Welsh Costume pages
Bullet Famous People from Wales
Bullet Newport Town Poet
Bullet Old postcards of North Wales
Bullet Little Wales – online Welsh community

News and Media

Bullet Western Mail
Bullet BBC Wales
Bullet HTV Wales
Bullet News Wales – daily news stories and news archive
Bullet Pedol – North Wales ‘papur bro’
Bullet Tudalen Paul Pot – Welsh media reviews
Bullet Sigma Press – Walking in Wales and elsewhere
Bullet Cymchwil – Welsh-language search engine
Bullet Welshot Imaging – Welsh imaging library

Sports

Bullet Welsh International Soccer – an unofficial but interesting site
Bullet Welsh Football Supporters Association
Bullet Welsh International Football website
Bullet Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Bullet Crickhowell Cricket Club
Bullet Pontypridd Town Football Club
Bullet Off Its Face – Welsh Sports (and more!) webzine
Bullet Cardiff RFC Supporters Club
Bullet Llanelli Scarlets Blog – Rugby in West Wales
Bullet Cardiff Athletic Bowls
Bullet The Webbed Robin – Wrexham’s football team
Bullet Portmadoc Football Club
Bullet Aberdovey Yacht Club
Bullet Park Lawn Football Club, Cardiff
Bullet Merthyr Sailing Club 
Bullet Welsh Football Magazine – about the ‘beautiful game’
Bullet Newport Rugby Club
Bullet Newport School of Tae Kwon-Do
Bullet South East Wales Hang-gliding and Paragliding Club
Bullet Welsh Free Flight Federation
Bullet British Driving Society – Carriage Driving
Bullet Pen-y-Fan Horse & Pony Show
Bullet North-East Wales Carriage Driving Association
Bullet Pantygwreiddyn Stud
Bullet Tyllwyd Stables, Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire
Bullet Tregaron Turfs football club, Tregaron, Ceredigion
Bullet Carmarthen Judo Club

Holidays and Travel

Bullet Visit Wales
Bullet Walking Wales
Bullet Walking holidays in Mid Wales
Bullet Walking in the Welsh Marches
Bullet Trekking holidays in Snowdonia
Bullet Snowdonia National Park
Bullet Welsh castles site
Bullet Castles in Wales and the Marches
Bullet Anglesey Information 
Bullet Merlyn’s Wales – arrangers of specialist holidays
Bullet Brecon and Abergavenny Canal
Bullet Cardiff on the Web – All about what’s on in Cardiff and South Wales
Bullet Cardiff World – Cardiff information and news
Bullet Teifi Valley Railway
Bullet Information and booking help for walking in Wales
Bullet Carmarthenshire – the Garden of Wales
Bullet Pembrokeshire Online
Bullet Pembrokeshire – A Personal Guide
Bullet Exploring the Gower
Bullet Euphoria Sailing – Oxwich Bay, Gower
Bullet Tourism in Pembrokeshire
Bullet Tenby attractions and accommodation
Bullet Saundersfoot Guide
Bullet Cambrian Mountains National Park
Bullet Information about holidays in Pembrokeshire
Bullet Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Bullet Holidays in Pembrokeshire
Bullet Lawrenny Quay Hotel and Yacht Station
Bullet Welsh Surfing Federation Surf School, Gower
Bullet Swanton Travel Services – US travel agent specialising in Welsh travel
Bullet Smoothhound – North Wales Hotels and Guest Houses
Bullet Active Adventure, Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia
Bullet North Wales Sea Angling
Bullet Cardiff Sea Angling
Bullet Data Wales – Maps and other information about Wales
Bullet Pictures of Wales on the West and Wales Web
Bullet Photos of modern Llanelli
Bullet Image photolibrary
Bullet Saints and Stones – a Virtual Pilgrimage in Pembrokeshire

Sites outside Wales

Bullet Y Drych – Welsh American newspaper
Bullet Ninnau – Welsh American newspaper
Bullet Cymdeithas Madog – main North American Welsh information centre
Bullet Madog Center for Welsh Studies – at Rio Grande University, Ohio
Bullet Worldwide Welsh – for Welsh expatriates everywhere
Bullet National Welsh-American Foundation – information on matters Welsh
Bullet Welsh North American Chamber of Commerce
Bullet Lyn’s Home Page – a Cardiff site from Birmingham!
Bullet Britannia – The Welsh section of the Britannia webzine
Bullet NAWR – The North American Welsh Room
Bullet Celtica International – News and information about the various Celtic countries of the world
Bullet North American Association – for the Study of Welsh Culture and History
Bullet Green Mountain College Welsh Heritage Program

Welsh Universities and Colleges

Bullet Aberystwyth
Bullet Bangor
Bullet Cardiff
Bullet Lampeter
Bullet Newport
Bullet Swansea
Bullet Swansea Institute of Higher Educations Music Society
Bullet Welsh College of Music and Drama

Schools and School Societies

Bullet Queen Elizabeth School Carmarthen Old Boys
Bullet Ysgol Gynradd Llanrug / Llanrug Primary School
Bullet Ystalyfera Brownies
Bullet Ysgol Gynradd y Glyn, Rhydaman
Bullet Ysgol Steiner Nant-y-Cwm Steiner School

Family History links

Bullet Dyfed Family History Society
Bullet Carmarthenshire Family History Society
Bullet GENUKI (Genealogy UK and Ireland)
Bullet Birth Certificates found and obtained
Bullet Birth, Death and Marriage certificates

If you have a favourite Welsh or Wales or Marches-related site that you would like us to add to this list, please [email protected] with the details and URL so that we can add it to this page or to some other appropriate part of our site!

So that we can keep this information as up-to-date as possible we would also appreciate hearing about any links which have changed or which are no longer working. Thank you!