Borth
Borth
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  Borth Location within Ceredigion | |
| Population | 1,399 (2011).[1] |
| OS grid reference | SN608894 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Borth |
| Postcode district | SY24 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Borth (
-speakers.Features and history
Borth's sandy beach has helped to promote it as a
There is an ancient submerged forest 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 the trees date from about 1500 BCE.[3] This submerged forest[4] also ties in with the legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod.[5][6] The stumps were exposed for a time by Storm Hannah in 2019.[7]
On 4 April 1876, the entire
Amenities and functions
Borth is the location of the
The Borth inshore lifeboat (ILB) station was established in 1966 at the southern end of the beach.
The village war memorial, above a cliff south of the beach, was struck by lightning on 21 March 1983 and had to be rebuilt.[10]
In 2008 and 2009, Borth hosted The Square Festival.[citation needed]
In 2011, work commenced on the first phase of a £12-million coastal protection scheme along the Borth to Ynyslas coastline,[11] which was finished in 2015. The work was funded by the Welsh Assembly and the EU.[12] An unexpected consequence of the coastal defence work was to reveal the remains of the petrified forest mentioned earlier.
In 2018, Borth was subjected to a media furore over the escape of a wild lynx from its local zoo.
In 2019, Borth hosted a community street production called Borth Begins.[13]
The village football team, Borth United, resumed playing in the Cambrian Tyres 1st Division in the 2021–22 season.[14]
Transport
Borth railway station is on the Cambrian Line. It is generally served by hourly trains each way between Aberystwyth to the west and alternating between Birmingham International and Shrewsbury in the east. Services are operated by Transport for Wales.[15]
The station building houses Borth Station Museum, which displays community and railway historical artifacts and temporary exhibitions.[16] The museum is run by volunteers.
Governance
An
Local government history
Borth had a representative on
Borth was represented on Ceredigion District Council by Tom Raw-Rees, from the 1970s until his death in 2001. He latterly sat also for Borth on Ceredigion County Council. Before 1996, the Borth ward for elections to Dyfed County Council covered Borth, Ceulanamaesmawr and Tirymynach.[19]
In popular culture
- The 1976 award-winning children's fantasy novel, A String in the Harp by the American author Nancy Bond, is set in Borth and the surrounding countryside.[20]
- Borth, Y Gwyll (Hinterland in English), transmitted on S4Cin 2013 and BBC1 Wales in January 2014.
Notable residents
- Lindsay Ashford (born 1959 in Wolverhampton), crime novelist and journalist, currently lives in Borth.
- Frank Bickerton (1889–1954), Antarctic explorer and aviator, died in Borth.
- Michael Oliver (1925–2015), cardiology professor, was born in Borth.
- Mark Williams (born 1966 in Hertfordshire) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ceredigion constituency in 2005–2017.
Image gallery
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Submerged forest remains -
Borth Beach in the summer, looking south -
Sunset on Borth sands near Ynyslas, looking north
References
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – UK – Wales – Mid – Experts look for 'watery kingdom'". News.bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ BBC Programme clip about the Submerged Forest
- ^ "Coast – Submerged Forest". BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ Video BBC Video: Programme clip about Cantre'r Gwaelod
- ^ "Storm Hannah uncovers Borth 'sunken' underwater forest". BBC News. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Hafan". Biosfferdyfi.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Uppingham by the Sea, a Narrative of the Year at Borth, Author: John Henry Skrine, Release Date 22 March 2006". Project Gutenberg.
- ^ "BBC – Domesday Reloaded: The War Memorial, Borth, from 1986". domesday. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Borth Coastal Defence – Written by Ceredigion County Council". 12 October 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ Borth Coastal Protection Scheme.
- ^ Borth Begins.
- ^ www.facebook.com https://www.facebook.com/BUFCOFFICIAL/. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)[title missing] - ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. May 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Borth Station Museum". Borth Station Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council". Cambrian News. 25 January 1889. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ The County of Dyfed (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988. Statutory Instruments. 1988. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Nancy Bond, A String in the Harp, Atheneum, 1976.
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