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| Welsh: Y Borth | |
Borth with Cors Fochno, the River Dyfi estuary and Aberdyfi in the background |
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Borth
Borth shown within Ceredigion |
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| OS grid reference | SN608894 |
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| Principal area | Ceredigion |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Borth |
| Postcode district | SY24 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ceredigion |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Ceredigion | |
Borth (Welsh: Y Borth, (literally English: The Port)) is a coastal village 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Mid Wales. The population was 1,523 in 2001.[1]
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Borth has a sandy beach and is a popular holiday seaside resort. There is a youth hostel in the village and caravan and camping sites nearby.
An ancient submerged forest is visible at low tide along the beach, where stumps of oak, pine, birch, willow and hazel (preserved by the acid anaerobic conditions in the peat) can be seen. Radiocarbon dating suggests these trees died about 1500 BC.[2] This submerged forest[3] is also associated with the legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod. [4] [5]
Cors Fochno, a raised peat mire, part of the only UNESCO Biosphere reserve in Wales is located next to the village together with the Dyfi National Nature Reserve and visitors' centre at Ynyslas. The long distance footpath the Dyfi Valley Way passes through the village.
In 2011 works commenced on the first phase of the £12 million coastal protection scheme along the Borth to Ynyslas coastline.[6]
On 4 April 1876 the entire Uppingham School in Rutland, England, consisting of 300 boys, 30 masters and their families, moved to Borth for a period of 14 months, taking over the disused Cambrian Hotel and a large number of boarding houses, to avoid a typhoid epidemic.[7]
The town's main line railway station is served by the Cambrian Line.
Borth is also the location of the Borth Animalarium and Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club.
According to Morrissey, his hit single "Everyday Is Like Sunday" was inspired by Borth.[8]
In 2008 and 2009 Borth hosted the Square Festival.
The Borth inshore lifeboat (ILB) station was established in 1966 and is located at the southern end of the beach.
According to both the 1991 and 2001 censuses, 43% of the residents of Borth are Welsh-speakers.