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Principal area
  
Vale of Glamorgan

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Police
  
South Wales

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:42 AM

UK parliament constituency
  
Vale of Glamorgan

Country
  
Wales

Postcode district
  
CF

Fire
  
South Wales

Ceremonial county
  
South Glamorgan

Font-y-Gary

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 98% Humidity

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Font-y-Gary, also Fontygary, Fontegary or Fontygari (Welsh: Ffont-y-gari), is a village adjacent to Rhoose, 3 miles south-west of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, on the coast of south Wales. To the north is Fonmon and Fonmon Castle. The origin of the name is uncertain but in 1587 it was documented as "Fundygary".

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Map of Font-y-gary, Rhoose, Barry, UK

Font-y-Gary is located near Cardiff International Airport. There is little in the village itself apart from the Font-y-Gary Holiday and Leisure Park and caravan site and stoney beach. On Sundays there is a car boot sale on the holiday park site, as well as the club and shop. There is also a disused quarry in the vicinity between Font-y-Gary and Aberthaw.

In 1928 Font-y-Gary was noted for being a favorable picnic spot, and in 1943 Font-y-Gary was described as a "pleasant summer resort with a delightful beach for bathing, edged with rugged cliffs which form a delightful background — and a convenient undressing place for bathers." The shingle beach and cliffs are distinct and there is a large cave called Font-y-Gary Cave. In the 1960s, Francis Lymburner depicted the coastline of Font-y-Gary in his Welsh pen and ink and wash drawings. Actress Susan George frequently holidayed at the caravan park as a child.

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References

Font-y-Gary Wikipedia


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