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May 4, 2012

Follow our Wales Coast Path Tour

The pioneering Wales Coast Path officially opens tomorrow, and we've arranged QR codes at 37 ...

HiPoints along the section of it in Conwy county borough, so that you can discover the stories behind objects and place names as you walk. The WCP is the first trail in the world around a country's entire coastline, and we believe our QR tour is the first of its kind in the world too. Click here for an intro to the tour, or here to see where you can join it along the way.

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Towyn floods illustrated

Oct 9, 2024

Hundreds of people have read our information about the 1990 tidal flood at Towyn since we placed QR codes on the sea wall near the funfair in 2012. Now we've updated our web page about the sea defences with photos of the floodwater ...

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Porthgain's steam railway

Oct 2, 2024

Today Porthgain is a rural Pembrokeshire idyll, so walkers on the coast path may be surprised when they scan new HistoryPoints QR codes which reveal the extent of the steam railway that once served a granite quarry. Before the first steam ...

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Llanengan's isolated chimney

Sep 24, 2024

The tall chimney which stands in isolation on a hill above Llanengan, near Abersoch, may puzzle some visitors, but now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes nearby to discover that it was built for a Victorian lead mine which had a steam-powered ...

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