Borth
Sign in to saveBorth () is a village, seaside resort and community in Ceredigion, Mid Wales; it is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth, on the Ceredigion Coast Path. The community includes the settlement of Ynyslas and the population was 1,399 in 2011. Borth's sandy beach has helped to promote it as a seaside resort.
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Place details
- Locality
- Borth
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,269
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY24
- UK place.postcode_area
- SY
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SN608894
- UK place.population
- 1,399
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Borth - 2008-03-01.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Borth, with Cors Fochno, the River Dyfi estuary and Aberdyfi in the background
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Y Borth
- UK place.official_name
- Borth
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Ceredigion
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Dyfed
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Y Borth
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ceredigion
- Population
- +1523
- Area
- +745.61
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Machynlleth
- Image
- Borth - 2008-03-01.jpg
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Borth () is a village, seaside resort and community in Ceredigion, Mid Wales; it is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth, on the Ceredigion Coast Path. The community includes the settlement of Ynyslas and the population was 1,399 in 2011. Borth's sandy beach has helped to promote it as a seaside resort.
From being largely Welsh-speaking, the village has become anglicised; over 54 per cent of its residents were born in England. According to both the 1991 and 2001 censuses, 43 per cent of the residents of Borth were primarily Welsh-speakers.