Aberystwith

Aberystwith, a seaport, watering-place, and municipal borough on Cardigan Bay in the county of Cardigan, Wales, situated at the confluence of the Ystwith and Rheidol, 244 miles N.W. of London on the Cambrian Railway. Some amount of trade is carried on, the exports being lead, flannel, and iron. The University College of Wales is established here. In the summer many visitors are attracted by the climate, and the picturesque surroundings, among which the Devil's Bridge is not the least interesting. The ruins of a castle of Edward I. crown a promontory to the S.W. Until 1885 Aberystwith was one of the Cardigan parliamentary boroughs.