Location of George IV Arch and Salt Island, Holyhead
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- Anglesey
- Amlwch: Former copper bins
- Beaumaris: Former flying boat slipway
- Cemaes: Former Wylfa power station
- Holyhead: Breakwater
- Holyhead: George IV Arch and Salt Island
- Holyhead: Penrhos Battery
- Holyhead: Pillbox near Skinner's Monument
- Holyhead: The Stanley Embankment
- Llanfairpwll: Britannia Bridge 'cathedral abutment'
- Malltraeth: Cob Malltraeth
- Rhosneigr: Barclodiad y Gawres burial mound
- Trearddur Bay: WW2 pillbox
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly county borough
- Cardiff
- Bute Park: Blackweir dock-feeder weir
- Bute Park: Lady Bute’s Bridge
- Bute Park: Old approach road
- Bute Park: The Animal Wall
- Bute Park: The Mill Leat
- Cardiff Bay: Barrage
- Cardiff Bay: Barrage locks
- Cardiff Bay: Bute West Dock entrance
- Cardiff Bay: Fish pass
- Cardiff Bay: Old Bute East Dock
- Cardiff Bay: Railway station
- City centre: Cardiff Arms Park
- City centre: Cardiff Central rail station
- City centre: Castle Arcade
- City centre: Dock feeder canal, Churchill Way
- City centre: Duke Street Arcade
- City centre: Former North Road canal bridge
- City centre: High Street Arcade
- City centre: Park Place feeder canal bridge
- Cardiff City Centre: The Morgan Arcade
- Cardiff City Centre: The Royal Arcade
- Cardiff City Centre: Wyndham Arcade
- City centre: Victorian toilets, The Hayes
- East Cardiff: Wentlooge sea wall
- Radyr: Weir
- Sophia Gardens: SSE SWALEC cricket stadium
- Sophia Gardens: Test match cricket venue
- Sophia Gardens: Cricket pitch drainage system
- Sophia Gardens: Stadium floodlights
- Sophia Gardens: The Media Centre
- Sophia Gardens: National Cricket Centre
- Whitchurch: Melingriffith canal pump
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Aberarth: Remains of fish traps
- Aberystwyth: Castle remains
- Aberystwyth: Cliff Railway
- Aberystwyth: Pont Trefechan
- Aberystwyth: Railway station
- Aberystwyth: Royal Pier
- Aberystwyth: Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth station
- Aberystwyth: Vale of Rheidol Railway, Devil's Bridge station
- Aberystwyth: Devil's Bridge
- Aberystwyth: Ystwyth Pier
- Cardigan: Cardigan Bridge
- Llangrannog: Remains of hillforts
- New Quay: Early railway track
- New Quay: Pier
- Pont-rhyd-y-groes: Waterwheel
- Cardigan: Former Lloyd’s Wharf
- Conwy county borough
- ABERGELE & COLWYN BAY
- CARNEDDAU UPLANDS
- CONWY & PENMAENMAWR
- CONWY VALLEY STRUCTURES
- LLANDUDNO & DEGANWY STRUCTURES
- Deganwy: Railway station
- Deganwy: Edwardian beach shelter
- Llandudno: Former Bodafon Fields tram route
- Llandudno: Former tram shelter, West Shore
- Llandudno: Great Orme Tramway
- Llandudno: Llety’r Filiast dolmen, Great Orme
- Llandudno: Old copper mine tunnel
- Llandudno: Llandudno pier
- Llandudno: Railway station
- Llandudno Junction: Conwy Tunnel, A55
- Llandudno Junction: Railway station
- Denbighshire
- Llangollen: Llangollen Bridge
- Rhyl: Coastal defences
- Rhyl: Foryd Bridge
- Rhyl: Foryd Harbour
- Rhyl: Pont y Ddraig, Rhyl
- Rhyl: Rhyl Miniature Railway
- Rhyl: Railway station
- Rhyl: The Cut
- St Asaph: Old sluice gate
- St Asaph: St Asaph bridge
- Llangollen: King’s Bridge, Berwyn
- Llantysilio: Canal water-meter hut
- Llangollen: Wharf
- Llantysilio: Chain bridge
- Llantysilio: The Horseshoe Falls
- Llantysilio: Canal-side limekilns
- Llangollen: Pentrefelin aqueduct
- Llangollen: Pentrefelin wharf
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- BANGOR
- Garth Pier
- Old Cegin railway bridges
- Porth Penrhyn bridges
- Portico of Penrhyn Arms Hotel
- Railway station
- The Menai Suspension Bridge
- Bangor clock tower
- Abergwyngregyn: Medieval motte
- Abergwyngregyn: Old river bridge
- Faenol: Quarry owners’ mausoleum
- Llandygai: Ford and skew bridge
- Treborth: Britannia Bridge
- Aberogwen: Cast-iron bridge
- Aberogwen: Penrhyn marine bath ruins
- BETHESDA
- BLAENAU FFESTINIOG
- Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station
- Cwmorthin: Conglog slate mill ruins
- Cwmorthin: Cwmorthin Terrace ruins
- Cwmorthin: Plas Cwmorthin ruins
- Cwmorthin: Rhosydd barracks & mills
- Cwmorthin: Ruins of quarrymen’s chapel
- Dduallt: Railway station & spiral
- Tanygrisiau: Hydro power station
- Tan-y-Bwlch: Railway station
- Tanygrisiau: Railway station
- CAERNARFON
- LLANBERIS & DINORWIG
- Brynrefail: Pont Pen y Llyn
- Capel Hebron ruins, Cwm Brwynog
- Dinorwig: Former C4 incline
- Dinorwig: Former 'Doctor’s Road'
- Dinorwig: Former quarrymen’s cottages
- Dinorwig: Garret quarry galleries
- Dinorwig: Remains of double winding house
- Dinorwig: Route of village tramway
- Dinorwig: Ruins of slate mill
- Dinorwig: Ruins of the Anglesey Barracks
- Dinorwig: Power station vent
- Dinorwig: Quarrymen’s 'narrow path'
- Dinorwig: Waste-tip railway routes
- Former railway tunnel
- Gilfach Ddu: Dinorwig Power Station entrance
- Gilfach Ddu: Dinorwig quarry 'A' inclines
- Gilfach Ddu: Pont Vivian
- Gilfach Ddu: Vivian Quarry table inclines
- Gilfach Ddu: Waterwheel housing
- Nant Peris: St Peris’ Well
- Llanberis Lake Railway
- London Olympics landing stage
- LLŶN PENINSULA
- MEIRIONNYDD
- Aberdyfi: Victorian wharf
- Abergynolwyn: Nant Gwernol station
- Abergynolwyn: Railway station
- Bala: Motte & bailey castle remains
- Barmouth: Railway bridge
- Fairbourne: Anti-tank defences
- Fairbourne: Miniature railway
- Fairbourne: Railway avalanche shelter
- Harlech: Former RAF Llanbedr airfield
- Tywyn: Promenade
- Tywyn: Steam railway station
- PORTHMADOG
- BANGOR
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Abergavenny: Gorsedd stone circle
- Abergavenny: Norman castle
- Abergavenny: Royalist castle
- Abergavenny: Railway station
- Caldicot: The Prince of Wales Bridge
- Chepstow: Severn Bridge
- Gilwern: Canal embankment
- Gilwern: Canal wharves
- Gilwern: Limekilns
- Govilon: Former railway bridge
- Govilon: Llanwenarth Bridge
- Govilon: Wharf and warehouse
- Goytre: Wharf and limekilns
- Llanellen: Castle Turn and aqueduct
- Llanellen: Ochram Turn and aqueduct
- Llanfoist wharf
- Monmouth: Former Shambles
- Usk: Usk Castle remains
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Abercastle: Carreg Samson burial chamber
- Carew: Carew Castle remains
- Fishguard: Local railway station
- Fishguard: Old wartime radar station
- Fishguard: Remains of Fishguard Fort
- Fishguard: Strumble Head lighthouse
- Haverfordwest: Castle remains
- Haverfordwest: Old Quay
- Pembroke: Pembroke Castle
- Pembroke: The Cleddau Bridge
- St Dogmaels: Remains of abbey
- Pembroke: Remains of East Blockhouse
- Tenby: Castle ruins & Albert Memorial
- Saundersfoot: Old railway tunnels
- Tenby: Harbour sluice
- Tenby: Railway station
- Trefin: Ruined slate-quarry buildings
- Preseli: Pentre Ifan cromlech
- Porthgain: Harbour & quarry hoppers
- Powys
- Brecon: Brynich aqueduct
- Brecon: Brynich lock
- Brecon: Double-arch canal bridge
- Brecon: Newton weir
- Brecon: Usk Bridge
- Crickhowell: Crickhowell Bridge
- Crickhowell: Herons Rest Marina
- Llandrindod Wells: railway station
- Llangattock: Wharf and limekilns
- Llangynidr: canal aqueduct
- Llangynidr: locks and pond
- Llanymynech: Carreghofa locks
- Llanymynech: Llanymynech wharf
- Llanymynech: Vyrnwy aqueduct
- Machynlleth: Town Clock
- Machynlleth: railway station
- Newtown: railway station
- Talybont: Ashford canal tunnel
- Talybont: Canal drawbridge
- Talybont: Disused railway bridge
- Talybont: Limekilns
- Welshpool: Former hydro-electricity dam, Leighton Estate
- Welshpool: Llanfair Caereinion station
- Welshpool: Raven Square station
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- City centre: Railway station
- City centre: Swansea Castle remains
- City centre: Swansea Market
- Gower: Arthur’s Stone or Maen Ceti
- Gower: Culver Hole wall, Port Eynon
- Gower: Penmaen Burrows burial chamber
- Gower: Pennard Castle ruins
- Gower: Port Eynon salt house ruins
- Gower: Weobley Castle ruins
- Swansea Valley: Clydach canal lock
- Waterfront: The Tawe barrage
- Waterfront: Girders of Slip Bridge
- Torfaen
- Cwmbrân: Old ironworks railway bridge
- Cwmbrân: Railway station
- Govera: Skew-arch canal bridge, near Mamhilad
- Griffithstown: Former railway bridge
- Pontnewydd: Box Farm locks
- Pontnewydd: Cascades
- Pontnewydd: Nant Brân aqueduct
- Pontnewydd: Remains of lock-keeper’s cottage
- Pontrhydyrun: Cwmbrân Tunnel
- Pontymoile: Canal aqueduct
- Sebastopol: Canal Bridge 46
- Sebastopol: Solomon’s Bridge
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham county borough
- Chirk: Aqueduct
- Chirk: Canal tunnel
- Chirk: Railway station
- Holt: Holt Castle remains
- Ruabon: Railway station
- Trevor & Cefn Mawr: Dry docks, Trevor basin
- Trevor & Cefn Mawr: Froncysyllte basin
- Trevor & Cefn Mawr: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Wrexham: Racecourse stadium
- Wrexham: Soames brewery chimney
- Wrexham: Wrexham General station
- Wrexham: The Argyle Arch
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