Wales is filled with so many beautiful and old towns and cities that are best explored on foot to experience the place. While visiting Yvonne in Wales we spent a morning walking through Bangor, a city in Gwynedd, North West Wales. It is actually one of the smallest cities in Britain and one of only six places classed as a city in Wales, although it is only the 36th largest urban area by population. I love that a place in Britain with a Cathedral gets classified as a city, no matter its size.
I loved walking through this tiny city with its narrow cobbled streets and old leaning houses and buildings down the main pedestrian street. The first lace we stopped for a better look was the beautiful Bangor Cathedral. The Cathedral as seen today is the result of extensive work carried out under the supervision of Sir George Gilbert Scott begun in 1868. Scott’s design originally called for a high central tower and spire, but this was never completed as cracks appeared which were thought to indicate subsidence of the foundations.
For lunch we walked down Garth Pier, the second longest pier in Wales, and had tasty fresh sconnes with strawberry jam and cream in the small cafe at the end of the pier. This pier is the ninth longest in the British Isles, at 460 m in length. Almost demolished in 1974 due to the poor condition, local support ensured that it survived and gained a Grade II listed status, as it was considered one of the three finest surviving piers at the time. I must admit that it is definitely a beautiful pier and offers such fabulous views of the surrounding area.
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Love your photos. Ireland and Scotland are a must.
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Didn’t you have a lov-er-ly time? 🙂
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I had a fabulous time, thanks Bronwyn!
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it’s a wonderful feel to walk small quaint towns! bangor is quite charming. nice stained glass windows in the cathedral 🙂
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I think the old small towns are the cutest places tio go for a walk and they always have little small hidden treasures like this beautiful cathedral.
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The views are beautiful and those scones with strawberry jam sound devine!!
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They were delicious!! England definitely has the best scones with jam and cream!
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Wow what an amazing old stone building… just beautiful. And I’m so glad they saved the peir. I love these old structures. Great post.
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I do love the old cathedrals, they are all so decorative and have so much caracter and history.
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It has a long history, but I didn’t know it’s one of the smallest cities. Beautiful photos of the city 🙂
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Thanks Amy! I love that no mattewr how small a oplace is, if it has a Cathedral it is classified as a city!
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guess what that pier was not demolished ’cause you were about to visit there to enjoy this beautiful view. happy traveling!
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It was a lovely place to visit and I am quite glad that I had the opportunity to walk down this beautiful pier.
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So beautiful!
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It is a beautiful little city.
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Must remember to put Bangor on my travelling list if I keep following travelblogs I better plan a very very long holiday because my camera and me has got a list a mile long already…. thank you for sharing these stunning photos of Bangor and Garth Pier.:D
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Thanks Coreen. I agree, I have discoviered so many beautful places through other travel blogs that I have now added to my travel wish list!
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This is too pretty to handle!! I wanna go now. P.S – Absolutely love that Tshirt you’re wearing! It’s so trippy. 🙂
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Thank you. I do hope you get to explore Wales, it is so beautiful!
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Gorgeous! It looks like you got great weather for it too. It was grey and foggy the entire time I was in the UK. Still a wonderful place to visit regardless of weather. Thanks for sharing!
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I was quite lucky in that I had quite a couple of lovely sunny days in Wales. In the UK you dont often get great weather for your whole trip.
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