Location Route of old Post Road, Criccieth
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- Anglesey
- Amlwch: St Eilian’s Well, Llaneilian
- Amlwch: Site of chemical works
- Amlwch: Porth Llanlleiana
- City Dulas: Morris brothers’ farm
- Holyhead: Site of Station Hotel
- Holyhead: Site of breakwater railway
- Llanddaniel-fab: NASA space officer’s school
- Llanddona: Site of witches’ landing
- Llanfaethlu: Porth Trefadog
- Llanfairpwll: Pwllfanogl
- Malltraeth: Site of RAF Bodorgan
- Newborough: Ynys Llanddwyn
- Penmon: Former limestone quarries
- Red Wharf Bay: Castell Mawr
- Red Wharf Bay: Site of first Land Rover drawing
- Rhoscolyn: Old Mona Marble quarry
- Rhosneigr: Great Escape survivor’s club
- Rhosneigr: Site of wartime air tragedy
- Traeth Bychan: Site of HMS Thetis beaching
- Caerphilly county borough
- Cardiff
- Bute Park: Fisher’s Bridge
- Bute Park: River Taff
- Bute Park: Site of Blackfriars’ Friary
- Butetown: Site of canal sea lock
- Butetown: Site of canal swing bridge
- Butetown: Site of Glamorganshire Canal
- Cathays: Cross-dressing PoW’s arrest site
- Cathays: Site of canal aqueduct, North Road
- City centre: Cardiff Central Market
- City centre: Site of Crockherbtown lock
- City centre: Site of Custom House Bridge
- City centre: Site of Empire Pool
- City Centre: Site of first BBC broadcast in Wales
- City centre: Site of first Brain's brewery
- City centre: Site of canal, Mill Lane
- City centre: Canal site, Mill Lane corner
- City Centre: The Bear Shop
- City Centre: Wally’s Delicatessen
- East Cardiff: Site of ‘Little Ireland’
- East Cardiff: Splott international airport site
- Gabalfa: Glamorganshire Canal route
- Llandaff: Glamorganshire Canal route, Hailey Park
- Llandaff: Site of Cow & Snuffers canal lock
- Llandaff: W Clarke sculpture works
- Sophia Gardens: Home of Glamorgan CCC
- Tongwynlais: Glamorganshire Canal route
- Carmarthenshire
- Hendy: Site of fatal Rebecca Riot
- Johnstown: Athletic Park rugby ground
- Johnstown: Site of army & PoW camp
- Laugharne: Site of Coygan Cave
- Laugharne: Former port
- Llandybie: The Glynhir Estate
- Marros: Wartime minefield remains
- Pembrey: Former bomb-filling factory
- Pembrey: Site of dynamite factory
- Pendine: MoD firing range
- Pendine: Site of 'Snowdrop Marble' mason’s home
- Pendine: Site of US Army landing exercise
- St Clears: Thomas Charles’ childhood home
- Whitland: Site of Whitland Abbey
- Ceredigion
- Aberaeron: Site of aerial cableway
- Aberarth: Site of medieval port
- Aberystwyth: Alltwen, Tanybwlch
- Aberystwyth: Aquila shipwreck site 1861
- Aberystwyth: Site of Mary Celeste-style wreck
- Borth: Organic pioneer Dinah Williams' farm
- Cardigan: Site of Three Mariners Inn
- Cenarth: Site of RAF bomber crash
- Gilfachreda: Former Y Wern estate
- Conwy county borough
- BETWS-Y-COED & LLANRWST
- CONWY TOWN
- Belgian refugee tailors’ shop
- Conwy Culture Centre
- Conwy Golf Club
- Conwy Marina
- Conwy Mussel Centre
- First female solicitor's office
- Iron Age hillfort, Conwy Mountain
- Parisella's ice cream kiosk
- Site of army camp, Morfa Conwy
- Conwy workhouse site
- Source of Conwy Castle stone
- Site of Parlwr Mawr
- Wartime isolation hospital
- Site of bombed farm, Bryn Morfa
- COLWYN BAY
- Former home of Indian spy
- Site of Colwyn Bay Hotel
- Site of the Rothesay Hotel
- Site of tramway at Coed Pella
- Site of Victoria Pier
- Site of wartime diamond factory
- Mochdre: Site of anti-tithe riot
- Mochdre: World's first rail water troughs
- Old Colwyn: Richard II's ambush site
- Old Colwyn: Site of tram terminus
- Old Colwyn: Site of tramway, Abergele Road
- Site of Greenfield Road tram terminus
- Site of original tram terminus
- DEGANWY & LLANDUDNO JUNCTION
- Former Deganwy dock
- Former home of Titanic officer Harold Lowe
- Shore view, Llandudno Junction south
- German PoW assault site, Bryniau Farm
- Llandudno Junction: Site of steam train depot
- Llandudno Junction: Site of 1944 plane crash
- Llanrhos: St Mary’s Well and Crogfryn
- Deganwy: Site of Deganwy Castle
- Deganwy: Site of bathing pool complex
- LLANDUDNO
- Airship repair site 1918, Llandudno
- Arnold war heroes’ shop, Llandudno
- Australian Prime Minister’s boyhood home
- Childhood home of USA's first female senator
- Former artillery school HQ
- Former Home Guard HQ, Llandudno
- Former Royal Naval club
- Former suffragists’ office
- Former US Army Mess
- Former Winter Gardens
- Former Zaloudek fashion shop
- Great Orme copper mines
- Gunnery school site, Great Orme
- Llandudno Museum
- Lloyd George salute site
- Pier Pavilion site
- Post Office whistleblower’s ex-shop, Craig-y-Don
- Queen of Romania's hotel
- RAF hero family’s home
- RAF Logo Man’s Former Home
- Rest and Be Thankful
- Site of Alice Liddell’s holiday home, West Shore
- Site of corner tram stop
- Site of cottage hospital
- Site of Mostyn Broadway tramway
- Site of Mostyn Street tramway
- Snooker star’s former hotel, Craig-y-Don
- Suffragist pioneers’ meeting place
- Tennis star’s former office, Llandudno
- The Home Front museum, Llandudno
- U-boat rendezvous 1915, Great Orme
- War hero Rhydwen Jones’ family shop
- Former home of mines inspector
- LOWER CONWY VALLEY
- PENMAENMAWR
- RHOS-ON-SEA
- Colwyn Bay Cricket Club ground
- Prince Madog's American departure site 1170
- Site of Rhos-on-Sea pier
- Site of tramway, Rhos-on-Sea promenade
- Site of tram depot, Penrhyn Avenue
- Sportsman Wilf Wooller’s birthplace
- Wreck of steamer Rhosneigr, Rhos-on-Sea
- Penrhyn Bay: Site of Little Orme quarry
- Penrhyn Bay: Site of tramway at beach
- Penrhyn Bay: The Little Orme
- Penrhynside: Site of tramway crossing
- LLANGERNYW & LLANSANNAN
- Denbighshire
- Corwen: Site of Corwen Pavilion
- Llandegla: St Tegla’s Well
- Llangollen: Llangollen museum
- Llangollen: Site of tentering racks
- Prestatyn: American Civil War shipwreck
- Rhuddlan: Site of first castle
- Rhyl: Belle Vue stadium
- Rhyl: Birthplace of Ruth Ellis
- Rhyl: Marine Lake
- Rhyl: Site of pioneer submarine wreck
- Rhyl: Site of Deputy PM's fracas
- Rhyl: Site of Rhyl Pier
- Rhyl: Site of St Mary's Convent School
- Rhyl: Submerged bungalow site
- Rhyl: WW2 military science college building
- St Asaph: Irish Square
- St Asaph: Old St Asaph rail station
- St Asaph: main HiPoints map
- Trevor Uchat: Site of fatal canal breach
- Flintshire
- Connah’s Quay: 'Kathleen and May' shipyard site
- Deeside: ‘Royal Charter’ shipyard site
- Deeside: Wales Coast Path terminus
- Hawarden: Site of Emma Hamilton's childhood home
- Holywell: St Winefride’s Well
- Queensferry: Site of WW1 internment camp
- Talacre: Point of Ayr Colliery site
- Talacre: Site of evacuees’ village
- Gwynedd
- BANGOR
- Countess Haig’s final home
- Crosville bus depot site, Beach Road
- Dickie’s boatyard site
- Ex-home of suffragist Charlotte Price White
- Former diamond factory, High Street
- Site of 1845 fishery dispute
- Former home of D-Day engineer, Bangor
- Site of London University science labs
- Parc Bryn Cegin prehistoric site
- Site of wartime camp, Beach Road
- War writer's former home, Bangor
- Abergwyngregyn: Site of German plane crash
- Abergwyngregyn: Site of rifle range
- Faenol: Old rail tunnels & PoW camp site
- Treborth: HMS Conway grounding site
- BETHESDA
- LLŶN PENINSULA
- Aberdaron: Co-operative quarry site
- Aberdaron: Pilgrims' departure site, Porth Meudwy
- Aberdaron: Site of barytes mine & pier
- Aberdaron: Site of manganese tramroad
- Aberdaron: Old jasper quarry, Mynydd Carreg
- Criccieth: Owen Morris shipwreck 1907
- Criccieth: Post office damaged by suffragettes
- Criccieth: Route of old Post Road
- Llanbedrog: Shipwreckers’ hanging site
- Nefyn: Herring fishery site
- Nefyn: Site of cable station, Abergeirch
- Nefyn: Site of PoW labour camp
- Porth Colmon: Site of whisky shipwreck
- Porthdinllaen: Harbour
- Pwllheli: Pwllheli harbour
- Pwllheli: Site of Plaid Cymru's founding
- Pwllheli: Site of Victorian vicarage
- Pwllheli: Site of 1899 boating accident
- Tudweiliog: Porth Ysgaden
- Uwchmynydd: Ffynnon Fair holy well
- Uwchmynydd: Mynydd Mawr viewpoint
- CAERNARFON
- Caernarfon railway station (WHR)
- Childhood home of Val Feld, Caernarfon
- Dinas rail station
- Ex-home of quarrymen’s leader RT Jones
- Former clock shop of first Archdruid
- Former home of broadcaster IB Griffith
- Former home of Captain Robert Thomas
- Former home of Ellis Davies MP
- Former home of journalist John Eilian
- Former home of Rev JE Hughes
- Site of Anglesey ferry terminal
- Site of baths and County School
- Site of Brunswick Ironworks
- Site of Caernarfon railway station
- Site of Caernarfon Pavilion
- Site of 1st county library in Wales
- Site of Griffiths Crossing station
- Site of Herald newspaper office
- Site of Lewis Jones’ birthplace
- Site of Plas Puleston
- Turf Square
- Twthill
- Uxbridge Square
- Bontnewydd: Site of PoW camp
- Dinas Dinlle: Caernarfon airfield
- Dinas Dinlle: Wales Air Ambulance base
- Llanfaglan: Y Foryd and Fort Belan
- Waunfawr: Marconi transmitting station site
- Waunfawr rail station
- Y Felinheli: Dinas boatyard
- Y Maes or Castle Square
- Magician Rovi’s old workplace
- LLANBERIS & DINORWIG
- Site of iron-ore ropeway terminal
- Site of Snowdon copper store
- Snowdon Race starting point
- Wartime bomb store entrance
- Dinorwig: Allt Ddu
- Dinorwig: New York level
- Dinorwig: Pendraw community and woodland
- Dinorwig: Ponc Isaf Braich
- Dinorwig: Mills level viewpoint
- Dinorwig: Giant quarry pit
- Dinorwig: Site of original quarry hospital
- Dinorwig: Allt Ddu quarry remains
- Dinorwig: Chwarel Fawr quarry site
- Dinorwig: Lower Garret viewpoint
- Gilfach Ddu: Former Vivian slate quarry
- Gilfach Ddu: Glan y Bala
- Gilfach Ddu: Site of RAF bomber-parts factory
- Nant Peris: Mountain rescue base
- Nant Peris: Southern fringe of quarry waste tips
- Nant Peris: Strongwoman's boat loading site
- MEIRIONNYDD
- Aberdyfi: Golf course
- Aberdyfi: Site of ferry terminal
- Fairbourne: Derelict slate quarries
- Harlech: Irish king’s landing site in 'Mabinogi'
- Harlech: Site of German PoWs’ arrest
- Morfa Harlech: Spanker shipwreck site
- Shell Island: Wreck of New York ship
- Trawsfynydd: Site of army and PoW camp
- Tywyn: Site of PoW and army camps
- Tywyn: Site of RAF airfield
- Tywyn: The Dysynni lowlands
- Tywyn: Site of Tonfanau army camp
- PORTHMADOG & BL. FfESTINIOG
- PENYGROES & NANTLLE
- BANGOR
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Abergavenny: Bailey Park
- Abergavenny: Owain Glyndŵr’s entry point
- Abergavenny: Site of teddy bear factory
- Abergavenny: Site of prisoner of war camp
- Abergavenny: Site of Roman fort
- Abergavenny: Suffragette protest site
- Chepstow: Site of nursery garden
- Chepstow: Slave owners’ former home
- Chepstow: Wales Coast Path terminus
- Llanfihangel Crucorney: Site of PoW camp
- Monmouth: Grace Dieu Abbey site, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
- Monmouth: The Kymin
- Portskewett: Lave net fishery
- Portskewett: Severn Estuary viewpoint
- Usk: Ffynnon Gybi well, Llangybi
- Usk: Site of japanware factory
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- NORTH PEMBROKESHIRE
- Abereiddi: Route of quarry tramway
- Dale: Harbour
- Fishguard: Former port, Lower Town
- Dale: Henry Tudor’s landing site
- Fishguard: Harbour
- Fishguard: Site of Britain's last invasion
- Haverfordwest: Swan Square & Old Bridge
- Newgale Sands
- Rosebush: Slate quarry remains
- St Ann’s Head
- Solva: Harbour
- Solva: Site of Porth y Rhaw fort
- St Brides: Mesolithic axe and bead factory site
- St Davids: Remains of copper mine
- Solva: Site of RAF St Davids
- Solva: Old silver-mine pits, St Elvis
- SOUTH PEMBROKESHIRE
- Amroth: Site of D-Day landings exercise
- Amroth: Southern end of Knights’ Way
- Amroth: Southern end of Landsker Line
- Amroth: Viewpoint of village lost to sea
- Freshwater: Gun craft tragedy 1943
- Lydstep Haven
- Neyland: Neyland marina
- Pembroke Dock: Pennar shipyard site
- Saundersfoot: Site of Bonville’s Court Colliery
- Tenby: Castle Beach viewpoint
- Tenby: Henry Tudor’s escape site
- Tenby: Site of De Valence Gardens
- Tenby: St Catherine’s Island viewpoint
- Tenby: Wartime Air Sea Rescue base
- Wiseman’s Bridge: Old industrial sites
- NORTH PEMBROKESHIRE
- Powys
- Brecon: Army Drill Hall
- Brecon: Brecon RFC clubhouse
- Brecon: Canal basin
- Brecon: Christ College
- Brecon: Former Angel Hotel
- Brecon: Kensington Baptist Church
- Crickhowell: Neolithic tomb site
- Crickhowell: Upper House Farm
- Knighton: Offa’s Dyke Centre
- Llandrindod Wells: Site of aerodrome
- Llandrindod Wells: Site of Belgian refugees’ home
- Llanymynech: Site of Four Crosses creamery
- Machynlleth: Baseball star’s former home
- Machynlleth: Former Red Cross hospital
- Machynlleth: Laura Ashley's first shop
- Machynlleth: Site of town hall
- Newtown: Site of Cambrian Woollen Mill
- Pencelli: Site of castle
- Presteigne: Offa’s Dyke at Discoed
- Talgarth: Market Square
- Talgarth: War hero’s home
- Welshpool: Beacon Ring hillfort
- Welshpool: Strata Marcella Abbey site
- Ystradgynlais: Boy Scouts’ hut
- Ystradgynlais: Railway station site
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Black Pill: Site of railway bridge
- City centre: Former clock factory, Wind St
- City centre: Site of Princess Lilian's home
- Clydach: Heritage Centre
- Gower: Britain’s oldest burial site, Paviland
- Gower: Burry Holms
- Gower: Penclawdd cockle fishery
- Gower: Village lost to sand, Pennard
- Gower: Whiteford Point
- Pontarddulais: Site of Rebecca riot
- Swansea east: Kilvey Hill
- Waterfront: Swansea marina
- West Cross: Mumbles Marble washery site
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham county borough
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