The Local Area

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NEW QUAY is an attractive town 3 miles (4.8km) away with a full range of facilities including a small supermarket, a wide range of pubs, cafes, restaurants and many small boutiques and gift shops. The harbour has a full range of watersports activities including sailing, windsurfing, wingsurfing, wake boarding, kayaking and paddle boarding. It has two lovely sandy beaches, one of which stretches for over one mile. Cardigan Bay is home to pods of bottlenosed dolphins, porpoises and grey seals. New Quay is the main base for dolphin spotting boat trips. The town is also famous for its connections with Dylan Thomas, who spent much of his time there. He wrote "Under Milk Wood" in the small bungalow on the clifftop overlooking the beach. The town featured in the film "Edge of Love" which was based on his life.

ABERAERON is a Georgian town some 10 miles (16km) north on the coast, with its colourful houses built around two harbours. The town has many pubs, cafes and restaurants, a supermarket and a wide variety of food and gift shops.

LLANGRANNOG is another delightful village some 6 miles (9km) from the cottage, having a sheltered sandy beach and several pubs, cafes and gift shops.

CWMTYDU some 2 miles (3.2km) from the cottage is a picturesque cove once used by smugglers and often visited by grey seals.

Further afield are the pretty coastal resorts of TRESAITH and ABERPORTH, and the lovely beaches of PENBRYN and MWNT.

The larger towns of ABERYSTWYTH and CARDIGAN on the coast, and LAMPETER to the east provide a wider range of shops, cultural and entertainment facilities.

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