You need to be fit to live in Penarth,
since it's all up and down. The town
centre is at the top of the hill, and there is a steep descent from there to
the promenade in one direction and the Cardiff Bay Barrage in the other. The nicest route
down to the seafront is via Alexandra Park, a steeply sloping Edwardian park with
an aviary and a bandstand. The promenade
is quiet and unspoilt, with a pier and 1930s pavilion offering views across the
Bristol Channel. Another pleasant green space open to the
public can be found in the grounds of The Kymin, one of the oldest buildings in
Penarth, built between 1790 and 1810. The
area formerly occupied by docks in the 19th century is now a marina, and the
entrance to the barrage is nearby, from where you can walk across to Cardiff Bay, enjoying views out to sea on one
side and across the bay to the Wales Millennium Centre and other attractions on
the other side.
Penarth got into the news recently when an
extraordinary discovery was made by two brothers on Lavernock Beach
to the south of Penarth: a 200 million years old fossil of a cousin of
Tyrannosaurus rex. The find is believed
to be the earliest specimen of a Jurassic era dinosaur to be found in the
world. The creature is described as a
meat-eating, fierce hunter that walked on two legs with a fuzzy body.
Map of the area.
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