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Llantwit Major & the Glamorgan Heritage Coast

Visit the labyrinth of old streets in Llantwit Major, and glory at the stunning Glamorgan Heritage Coast...

Llantwit Major, famously home to the oldest seat of learning, not only in Wales, but the whole of the UK, is hard to beat... A welcoming town, oozing Welsh history and charm, and certainly not to be missed on any visit to the Vale.

Known to locals simply as 'Llantwit', it's a gorgeous gateway to the 14 miles of dynamic and stunning coastline that forms the world famous Glamorgan Heritage Coast. The town's beach is along the route of the Wales Coast Path, and Llantwit is a firm favourite amongst walkers, cyclists, hikers and history and nature lovers, easily accessible by road and rail, and only 15 miles into Cardiff.

In the 1930s, William Randolf Hearst, the American newspaper tycoon, mining and real estate magnate, renovated and expanded St Donats Castle nearby, and was known to frequent Llantwit's Old Swan Inn with movie star friends such as Charlie Chaplin and Bob Hope.

Llantwit Major beach, and the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, famous for Jurassic fossils, sheer and tumbling cliffs, coves and caves, continue to blow visitors away, in the best possible sense of the phrase, as the shoreline runs from Aberthaw in the East towards Porthcawl in the West.

A visit to Llantwit Major is a great introduction to the area...

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