An Aberystwyth Walk
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An Aberystwyth Walk www.aberystwyth.org.uk/walk 1. Railway Station Continue uphill and past clock tower cobbled paving. to reach Market Hall on L. The impressive station building Banc y Llong (the Ship Bank) was founded at number 43 in was constructed by the Great 3. Market Hall Western Railway in the 1920s, 1762 and is believed to have as an extension to the town’s Open Mondays to Saturdays, been the town’s first bank—and original 1864 station. The first the Market Hall houses a hand- also perhaps the first in Wales. floor once housed a dance hall. ful of small businesses. Continue to Trefechan Bridge, Cliff Terrace In bygone days, this was the at the bottom of hill. Cross Alexandra Rd. Follow Terrace Rd Road town’s meat market. Prior to Brynitsymor to junction with North Parade (opp. Barclays). Turn L and continue into construction in 1823, much 5. Trefechan Bridge meat had been soldQueen's in the open Great Darkgate St. Victoria Terrace air around the town hall. The current Trefechan Bridge dates from the 1880s, although 2. Great Darkgate Street Turn L and pass MarketRoad Hall, then L into it is thought that a crossing has Princess St and R into Bridge St. Halifax stands on the site of the existed here since mediaeval ‘Dark Gate’ of the early town times. wall which gave its name to the 4. Bridge Street In 1962, the bridge witnessed town’s main shopping street. The Hen Lew Du pub is fronted Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg’s The post office across the road by a small patchAlbert Pl ofQueen's original Avenue first protestPen y Graigabout the lack of Parc Penglais features impressive mosaics. Nature Park Heol y M&Co stands on the site of an Bryn old coaching inn. In the early North Road 1810s, catching the Lord Hill Marine from here at 7am would be the Queen's Terrace first stage of a 48 hour journey North Beach Road to London. Rec. Infirmary Road Ground Trefor Road The clock tower at the top of Cae Melyn Coed the street is the second to stand Dan y North Road on this site. The mechanism of 12 Loveden Road its 1856-1956 predecessor can Elysian Grove Queen's still be seen working in the Bath Street Ceredigion Museum. 11 10 Road Penglais Road Terrace Road Caradog Road Terrace Portland Street Vaenor Street Portland Road Th Northgate oration St Street A487 Hospital Marine Skinn Pound Pl Pound Corp es er St Caradog Road pian St Baker North Parade Llanbadarn Street Poplar Row Terrace Road Edge Brewer St Pier Street Cae'r Gog Eastgate Cambrian Street Trinity Road Road Iorwerth Avenue hill Road hill Caradog Road 8 BanadlRoad ade Market St 9 Chalybeate Trinity Place Road Castle Street Stanley Road Laura Place Union St St. David's Promen New St Cambrian Place King Street 2 14 Elm Tree Avenue Buarth Road A44 Street Buarth Road New Great Darkgate Street Buarth Road Alexandra1 Road Coed y Buarth Queen Street Rheidol Great Darkgate3 Street Road Station 13 Castle Bridge Street Retail Park 7 Princess St Grounds Gray'sGeorge Inn Street New Promenade Vulcan Street Llanbadarn Road Prospect Street Penmaesglas Rd High Street 4 Place Park Avenue Street Ystwyth View Powell Street Retail Park Sea Mill Custom Hse St South Road South Road Glyndwr Road South Beach South TrefechanBridge River side Terrace Marine 6 5 Greenfield Street Terrace Maesyrafon © 2012 www.aberystwyth.org.uk and derived from map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. Contains Ordnance Survey data © CrownBoule copyright and database right 2012. Glanrafon Terrace vard A487 Plascrug Avenue St. B Harbour rieuc Spring Gardens -Angor Pen-yr Ffordd Felin-y-Môr Road Parc-y -Llyn Penparcau official status and support for aiming to establish a university dance floor. the threatened Welsh language. for Wales was able to purchase Turn R and follow promenade past the site for just £10,000. Hard Join path signposted off Riverside Terr, snack bar until crossing by Richmond work and determined fundrais- on left hand side of bridge. Pass under Hotel. Go through alley adjacent then ing allowed the first students to bridge, continue to Harbour. turn R along Queens Rd. start their studies in 1872. 6. Harbour Enter Castle St opposite Old College, 12. Town Hall turn L into New St, cross Pier St and This attractive building is in fact The harbour’s development walk along Eastgate. properly began after the town a reconstruction of the older successfully petitioned for the 9. Market Street town hall which was destroyed Customs House to be relocated by fire in 1967. to Aberystwyth in 1763, though Market Street dates from 1832, No longer the home of local bringing the harbour up to a when a new corn market was government, the building now suitable standard was a long built at the corner of Eastgate. houses the town library and and expensive process with Later rebuilding saw the site Ceredigion Archives, both many false starts. also house entertainment halls, worth a visit for those with an Steam packets to Liverpool, and then the Palladium cinema interest in local history. Bristol and elsewhere appeared from 1923 until destroyed by At end of Queens Rd cross Vaenor St in later years, and in 1848 you fire in 1934. and Northgate St. Turn L then take would also have been able to Continue along Eastgate and downhill second R into Pound Place, continuing sail direct to Quebec for eight to Terrace Rd, then turn L. to end of Trinity Rd and School of Art. pounds. Proceed to seafront and turn R, then 10. Coliseum 13. School of Art continue along promenade and enter This grand ‘Wrenaissance’-style castle grounds through picnic area. The county museum is housed in the Coliseum. Built in 1904, building was built to house the 7. Castle this impressive building was University’s chemistry lab, but first used as an entertainment has been the School of Art The castle was begun in 1277, hall seating 1,000 patrons and since the mid 1990s. Public following Edward I's defeat of later as a cinema. galleries open on weekdays, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. Open Mondays to Saturdays showing a selection of works In its time, it has seen capture and with free admission, the from the archives. by Owain Glyndwr in 1404, museum is well worth visiting Exit by same route, turn L and follow served as a prison and been the for its displays of historical unnamed track downhill. Turn R at end home of a royal mint. items and local paintings, as onto Stanley Road, then next L. Pass The grounds now include a well as regular exhibitions. through gap in hedge visible at end of street on to Plascrug Avenue. magnificent war memorial from Turn L and follow Corporation St. Italy and a bardic circle of Continue straight ahead past Baptist standing stones, erected during church, turn R along Crynfryn Row then 14. Plascrug Avenue the 1916 Eisteddfod. down steps to reach seafront. This quiet, shady avenue links The ruined vestry of the second the town to nearby Llanbadarn, St Michael’s Church stands at 11. Promenade the local leisure centre and one the King Street exit to the Across the road and to the left of the town’s cemeteries. grounds. Its replacement is the pier, now just 90 metres stands across the car park and Turn R and exit through gates onto long after various accidents was consecrated in 1890. Alexandra Rd. Start of walk is to your and rebuildings. Completed in left, past the bus station. Leave grounds through the church 1865, over 7,000 people paid to ruins and turn R on to King St. walk the original 242 metre pier on the first day it was open. 8. Old College At the opposite end of the main Started in 1864, the building Promenade is Constitution Hill. About the walk Still home to Britain’s longest was first used as a hotel, but Total distance: 4 km / 2½ miles failed after barely one season cliff railway and the Camera Allow about an hour, plus time and was put up for sale before Obscura, it was first developed to visit castle, museum and it was even fully completed. as ‘Luna Park’ and featured walks, gardens and an open air other attractions, if you wish. In March 1867, the committee For maps, facts, things to see, hotel listings and more: www.aberystwyth.org.uk .