Font-y-Gary
Font-y-Gary is located near Cardiff International Airport. There is little in the village itself apart from the Font-y-Gary Holiday and Leisure Park and caravan site and stoney beach. On Sundays there is a car boot sale on the holiday park site, as well as the club and shop. There is also a disused quarry in the vicinity between Font-y-Gary and Aberthaw.
In 1928 Font-y-Gary was noted for being a favorable picnic spot, and in 1943 Font-y-Gary was described as a "pleasant summer resort with a delightful beach for bathing, edged with rugged cliffs which form a delightful background – and a convenient undressing place for bathers." The shingle beach and cliffs are distinct and there is a large cave called Font-y-Gary Cave. The scene is of the view from the top of the cliffs in the photos below. Actress Susan George frequently holidayed at the caravan park as a child.
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Font-y-Gary Holiday Home Park.
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The coast at the Font-Y-Gary Beach looking east/southeast nearing high-tide.
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Font-Y-Gary beach looking west.
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Railway Bridge at Font-y-Gary
References
- ^ Mills, Anthony David (6 November 2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Fontygary Holiday and Leisure Park". Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Gas world. Benn Bros. January 1928. p. 575.
- ^ Evans, Cyril James Oswald (1943). Glamorgan: its history and topography. W. Lewis (printers) ltd.
- ^ Geological Survey of Great Britain (1904). The geology of the South Wales coal-field ... Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by Wyman and sons, limited. p. 105.
- ^ Country life. Country Life, Ltd. 2008. p. 58.