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Team, Place & City Details

Aberystwyth Town F.C.

Aberystwyth Town Football Club is a semi-professional football team, playing in the Welsh Premier League. The club was founded in 1884, and plays at Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, where their ground accommodates 5,000 spectators with 1,002 of that capacity seated.

Ruthin Town F.C.

Ruthin Town Football Club is a Welsh football club, based at the Memorial Playing Fields in Ruthin, Denbighshire. Football in Ruthin dates back to 1878 when a new club was formed.

Ruthin-Pwllglas Golf Club
Ruthin-Pwllglas Golf Club

Ruthin-Pwllglas Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Pwllglas at Denbighshire, Wales. It is a 9-hole course on parkland and moorland overlooking the Clwydian Range.

Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre, community, and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales, often colloquially known as Aber. It is located near the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol.

Aberystwyth University

Aberystwyth University is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales.

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
Aberystwyth Cliff Railway

The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway opened on 1 August 1896. It is a funicular railway in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, having a length of 778 feet (237 m).

Aberystwyth railway station
Aberystwyth railway station

Aberystwyth railway station is a railway station in the seaside and university town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It is served by passenger trains operated by Arriva Trains Wales: it is the terminus of the Cambrian Line 81 1⁄2 miles west of Shrewsbury.

Aberystwyth University Students' Union

Aberystwyth University Students' Union is the students' union of Aberystwyth University. It is affiliated to the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom and NUS Wales/UCM Cymru.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Aberystwyth Arts Centre is one of the largest arts centres in Wales. Located on Aberystwyth University's Penglais campus, it comprises a theatre , concert hall (900 seats), studio (80 seats) and cinema (125 seats), as well as four gallery spaces and cafés, bars, and shops.

Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank

The bank officially known as the Aberystwith and Tregaron Bank was established at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire in the beginning of the 19th century and was locally known as ‘Banc y Ddafad Ddu’, because the bank notes were imprinted with an engraving of a black sheep. The Bank later established a branch at TregaronIn the 1960s and 1970s the Bank's notes inspired a Mr Richard Williams to imitate them.

Aberystwyth Town Council

Aberystwyth Town Council is the community council that governs the ancient borough, town and community of Aberystwyth. For electoral purposes, it is divided into five electoral divisions (often known as wards).

Aberystwyth Lifeboat Station
Aberystwyth Lifeboat Station

Aberystwyth Lifeboat Station is an RNLI lifeboat station in the coastal resort of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, West Wales. It was established in 1861, but there has been a lifeboat serving the town since 1843.

Ruthin
Ruthin

Ruthin RITH-in; Welsh: Rhuthun) is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales and a community in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd. The older town, the castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, but many newer parts in the flood plain of the River Clwyd.