South Wales
Cardiff's surrounding area
South Wales is the southern region of Wales, comprising the most populous and industrialized part of the country.
It includes Cardiff (the Welsh capital), Swansea, and the historic coal-mining valleys.
The term distinguishes this area from North Wales and Mid Wales, reflecting geographic, cultural, and economic differences within the nation.
Low areas between hills
Welsh arts and performance festival
- choirsOrganized groups of singers
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
- male voice choirAll-masculine singing group
- chapelSmall worship room
Welsh cakes · daffodil · leek · dragon · bilingual · hymns · nationalism
Combustible sedimentary rock
anthracite · valleys · strike · union · miner's lamp · pithead · brass bands · terraced houses
Sandy coastal areas
- seasideCoastal recreational area
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- surfingRiding waves standing up
- harbourSheltered anchorage for ships
pier · estuary · tidal · sailing · dunes · coves · rockpools · lifeboat
Industrial metal production facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- tinplateTin-coated sheet steel
- foundryMetal casting facility
- heavy industryCapital-intensive manufacturing sector
factories · forge · metalwork · smelting · blast furnace · workforce · unions · engineering
Fortified royal residences
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
- hillfortsFortified hilltop enclosures
Normans · Arthurian · Celts · Druids · standing stones · monasteries · Tintern Abbey · antiquities
valleys
Low areas between hills
Eisteddfod
Welsh arts and performance festival
- choirsOrganized groups of singers
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
- male voice choirAll-masculine singing group
chapel · Welsh cakes · daffodil · leek · dragon · bilingual · hymns · nationalism
coal
Combustible sedimentary rock
miners · anthracite · valleys · strike · union · miner's lamp · pithead · brass bands · terraced houses · chapels
beaches
Sandy coastal areas
harbour · pier · estuary · tidal · sailing · dunes · coves · rockpools · lifeboat · seabirds
steelworks
Industrial metal production facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- tinplateTin-coated sheet steel
- foundryMetal casting facility
heavy industry · factories · forge · metalwork · smelting · blast furnace · workforce · unions · engineering · manufacturing
castles
Fortified royal residences
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
hillforts · Normans · Arthurian · Celts · Druids · standing stones · monasteries · Tintern Abbey · antiquities · heritage trails
- WalesCardiff, Anglesey, Welsh, Snowdon, Welsh dragon
- Football ClubsChelsea FC, club badge, squad, club crest, club president
- coalfieldsAppalachia, Donbas, Donbass, coal seam, coal seams
south, southern, southward, southeastern, southwestern, southwards, Wales, southwesterly, southeasterly