This Arts and Entertainment category is to guide users to information and organisations related to the
arts and entertainment available anywhere in Wales. 
It should lead to websites ranging from architecture, visual arts, dance, music, photography, theatre,
performing arts venues, museums, galleries, libraries, cinema, and cultural events.
Please beware that priority is given to listing websites in their locality category where available, but this
may mean those categories are too small to justify an Arts and Entertainment category, linked from here.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the South Wales county borough of Blaenau Gwent.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the South Wales

county borough of Bridgend, named after its major town,  Bridgend.

The M4 motorway now bypasses to the north of the town from  Pencoed on the east boundary,

to  Pyle before the west boundary to  Port Talbot.

The major coastal resort is represented by  Porthcawl.

The southern boundary is the mouth of Ogmore River, South of Bridgend and Penoed.

Then, the east boundary is directly north, from the Vale of Glamorgan to Evanstown and  Gilfach Goch,

encompassing Ogmore Vale, Nant-y-Moel, with a north boundary 568 metres above sea level,

at the A4107, leading to the head of the valleys.

Besides Ogmore, the north of Bridgend County Borough includes two more valleys.

The central Afon Garw, represented by the locality  Pontycymer, and the Llyfi represented

by the locality  Maesteg at the most north west of the county borough.

This category leads to websites with information on business and economic development within Wales.
Only when the website shows physical addresses in two of the cities, councils or counties listed first,
will it be seen in the Topical sub-categories below.

Please drill down the categories available to find the topic of interest.  Websites are listed according 
to the location of the offices shown on their website, not on the area claimed to be "covered".

These should include websites of companies and industries. 
If you are unsure of the county, then go straight to the locality, using the Alphabetical list here.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the county borough of Caerphilly.

Caerphilly is the major town of the county borough, north of  Cardiff,

but the borough extends to  Newport and  Torfaen to the east,

Blaenau Gwent to the north, as far as  Rhymney on the boundary with  Brecon,

  Merthyr Tydfil,  Abercynon and  Pontypridd to the east.

This category is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

It is the 16th largest settlement in the UK with a population of approximately 306,000.

The city has a marine boundary with the Bristol Channel and mouth of the River Severn.

The River Taff runs from the north through the city in to Cardiff Bay.

The smaller River Rumney flows from the  Caerphilly County Borough.

at the east of the city, but the boundary with  Newport is further to the east along the coast.

West of Caerphilly the north boundary of Cardiff is with  Rhondda Cynon Taff at  Llantrisant,

then south to  Vale of Glamorgan, as far south as  Penarth, across Cardiff Bay on the coast.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the unitary authority of Carmarthenshire.

Carmarthen was the county town, through which flows to River Towy, from its tributaries in the

north of the county, into Carmarthen Bay.

Along the coast to the west are Pendine Sands, with the county boundary at  Pendine.

Amroth is over the boundary to the west, and the Pembrokeshire boundary runs inland north

until  Newcastle Emlyn, on the boundary with  Ceredigion, where the Afon Teifi forms the boundary

eastwards passing  Llandysul, and  Llanybydder, until the boundary leaves the Teifi at Cwmann,

rising to Llyn Brianne Reservoir, in the Black Mountains of Brecon Beacons National Park.

The boundary with  Powys continues south through Usk Reservoir, east of  Llandovery, then

south to  Ystradgynlais where Powys meets the Neath and Porth Talbot locality of  Ystalyfera

and Camarthenshire is represented by the  Glanaman locality, through which flows the Afon Aman eastwards,

through  Ammanford, on the confluence with the River Lough, which to the south forms the

boundary with Swansea County boundary, where the M4 motorway bypasses  Pontarddulais to enter

Camarthenshire, across the Loughor, north east of the Camarthenshire's port town of  Llanelli.

East of the Loughor estuary,  Burry Port,  Pembury and  Kidwelly along the A484 lead back to Camarthen

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, county of Ceredigion, on the west coast of Mid Wales.

Ceredigion is a county created as Cardiganshire in 1282, but now named after the former Kingdom of Ceredigion since 1996.

The county was originally named after the principle town of  Cardigan, on the mouth of the Afon Teifi, hence the

Welsh name for the town Aberteifi.  The west bank of the estuary is administered by  Pembrokeshire, with the settlement

and abbey at  St Dogmaels.

Cardigan Island is off the coast in Cardigan Bay, north of the town, but the main road, A487, heads north east inland,

via  Aberaeron,  Llanrhystud, to the sea-side resort and major market town of  Aberystwyth,

on the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol.

North of Aberystwyth the A489 continues north east inland to the boundary with  Gwynedd, at  Aberdovey,

and  Powys at  Machynlleth.

The boundary then heads inland south east to the Cambrian Mountainsm and at Llyn Brianne, Ceredigion

meets  Carmarthenshire, and the A485 from Aberystwyth leads to the south boundary town of  Lampeter

where the boundary is the Afon Teifi, flowing west , via the Carmarthenshire boundary town of  Newcastle Emlyn.

Here the boundary changes to Pembrokeshire at  Abercych and  Cilgerran, back to Cardigan.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, county of Conwy County Borough.

Conwy County Borough is the unitary authority area with a north of Wales coastline, between 

Denbighshire to the east and  Gwynedd to the west and south.

Formerly known in English as Conway, the principle town is the castle town of  Conwy,

with Conwy Castle on the west bank of the Conwy estuary. 

Most development has been on the east bank, where the railway has a junction,  Llandudno Junction,

heading for the coastal resort of  Llandudno to north.

Further east is the coastal resort and natural bay of  Colwyn Bay,

served by a coastal railway and the A55 trunk road from the coastal resort of  Abergele.

The most easterly resort is  Towyn, on the west bank of the Clwyd estuary which forms the

boundary with Denbighshire at  Rhyl.

This boundary heads inland south to the River Elwy, which briefly forms the boundary down towards Henllan.

The boundary runs south of the A543 from Denbigh to where it meets the A5 to  Betws y Coed.

The most south eastern locality in Conwy County Borough is Maerdy on the A5.

From Betws y Coed the A5 crosses the boundary to Bangor, where Conwy is represented by the locality  Capel Curig.

North at the coast of Conwy Bay, the western boundary is represented by  Llanfairfechan

served by the coastal railway and A55 trunk road from  Penmaenmawr.

The A55 has tunnels east of Penmaenmawr, and under the Conwy estuary at Conwy.

Flintshire is the most north eastern unitary authority of Wales on the border with  Chester,

West Cheshire and The Wirral.

Wrexham, formerly part of Flintshire now forms a separate County Borough, to the south.

Denbighshire is the unitary authority to the west, with

its north coast resort of  Prestatyn on the boundary

 

The  Regional Tree View [ ⇞ ] shows websites from individual localities arranged together by Topic in more detail.

This category tree is for websites relating to all aspects of government in Wales.

UK Central Government:

Wales is represented at the Westminster's House of Commons, by Members of Parliament ( MP ).

UK Regional:

Devolved powers are administered by the;  National Assembly for Wales, where Members ( WAM ), 

represent five Welsh Assembly Electoral Regions as well as the 40 MP constituencies.

European Parliament:

Wales is one Region of the UK, where Members ( MEP ), are elected using party-list proportional representation.

Local:

Local government websites tend to be duplicated across DMOZ.

1. Once at the most appropriate  Locality for the scope of their administration,
2. Together as a Topic, according to the Unitary Authority, with the subcategory for Local Community Councils

For details please see  Wales: Government: Local Councils

 

This category leads to websites for the county borough of Gwynedd in North West of Wales,

which includes the highest peak in Wales, Snowdon at 3,560 feet (1,085 metres).

Two thirds of the population speak Welsh, a greater percentage than any other county.

 

The name Gwynedd, is taken from the ancient Kingdom of North Wales since the Roman withdrawal,

when led by Cunedda Wledig, from which the name Gwynedd is derived.

The name was resurrected in 1996, following the division of Wales into its 22 unitary authorities, and applied

to the smaller area, mainly from the ceremonial counties of Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire.

The most northern part of the kingdom, is now the unitary authority  Isle of Anglesey,

leaving the north west boundary along the Menai Strait, between  Bangor and  Caernarfon.

Gwynedd extends into the Irish Sea, along the Lleyn Peninsula, represented by  Nefyn on

its north coast, to Bardsey Island off the coast from  Aberdaron.

From the west, along the south coast are  Abersoch,  Pwllheli &  Porthmadog.

South across the mouth of Afon Dylif from Porthmadog is the west coast of old county

of Merionethshire, represented by  Harlech.

Gwynedd extends along the west coast, south to  Aberdovey, where the mouth of

the Dovey separates the county from Ceredigion at  Abersoch,  Pwllheli &  Borth.

Inland the Dovey forms the boundary with Powys at  Machynlleth, through the Dyfi Forest

and including  Bala to the boundary at Glan-yr-afon, before Denbighshire at  Corwen.

Then northwest, the boundary with  Conwy County Borough, envelops  Blaenau Ffestiniog, 

Llanberis and  Bethesda, before reaching the north coast between  Llanfairfechan and Bangor.

This category provides links the Localities in Wales in alphabetical order.

These are the smallest areas under which websites are listed before being divided by their topic.

The areas of Wales are first divided into the 22 unitary authorities, comprising the

cities of  Cardiff,  Newport and  Swansea, and the remaining 19 county boroughs.

Bangor,  St Asaph and  St Davids are the remaining cities, but are under the unitary authorities

of Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Pembrokeshire respectively.

 

Under these unitary authorities the division of local government is the Community Council

( the name since 1972, to replace Parish Council in England ).

In general, the locality categories here correspond to Community Councils, but sometimes the number

of websites is insufficient to justify every Community Council having its own Locality category.

Where a village appears more significant than the name of the council, this will be used instead,

or in some cases in addition to other areas within the council boundary.

If the name of the village is not listed here, please search in the neighbouring town.

The locality category charter ( i )  should provide guidance as to how neighbouring community councils are listed.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the South Wales county borough of

Neath Port Talbot, named after its two major towns,  Neath and  Port Talbot.

The M4 motorway enters the south boundary from  Pyle and all the coast is represented by

the  Port Talbot category, to the mouth of the Neath.

There is a an industrialised area on the west bank of the Neath, with Tennant Canal, before the boundary

with  Swansea.  The M4 leaves the county borough north of the area, west of Neath,

and this area is represented, with those in and around the town, by  Neath.

The west boundary continues north to  Pontardawe and extends north west to include Bryn Mawr

at 351 metres above sea level, and the settlements of Cwmgors, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwn and Tairwaith.

to the River Amman which forms the north west boundary at  Brynamman in Carmarthenshire,

and  Ystradgynlais in Powys, represented by the locality of  Ystalyfera.

The north east tip of the borough county is represented by the locality of  Resolven where the head of

the valleys, A465 dual carriageway enters the county borough and leads down the Vale of Neath to Neath.

The highest point is near the east boundary. Cefntyle-orych, 536 metres above sea level.

This eastern area of the county borough is represented by the  Glyncorrwg.

The east boundary then meets is Bridgend County Borough, around  Maesteg

before returning to the sea at Margam Sands.

This category caters for websites within the unitary authority of Newport, administered by Newport City Council.

a population of about 140,000, on the south coast of Wales between Cardiff and Monmouthshire.

The major conurbation is Newport around the mouth of the River Usk.

which merges into Caerleon before the boundary with Cwmbran to the north.

This category includes rural areas to the boundary with Monmouthshire to the east and north east,

with Cwmbran to the north, Caerphilly to the north west, and Cardiff to the west.

The county of Pembrokeshire is situated on the west coast of Wales.

A county of countryside and coast, a popular tourist destination and agricultural area.

Many small fishing ports are found around the coast and there is a deep water harbour at Milford Haven.

The area is steeped in history from pre-historic times onwards, with many fine castles and other ancient sites throughout the county.

The  Regional Tree View [ ⇞ ] shows websites from individual localities arranged together by Topic in more detail.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the South Wales county borough of

Swansea, named after its city of  Swansea.

Swansea is a coastal city on the mouth of the River Tawe, hence the Welsh name Abertawe, and the

locality category represents the area to the east boundary including Port Tennant, west of  Neath.

The next east locality is north of Swansea at  Clydach.

The M4 motorway passes south of Clydach, to the south of  Pontarddulais before crossing the

River Loughor, which forms the west county borough boundary.

The north boundary heads east away from the Loughor, south of the Carmarthenshire town of  Ammanford

and rising to 374 metres above sea level at Penll'r Castell, overlooking the Amman and Clydach Valleys.

From  Gorseinon on the east bank of the Loughor estuary,  The Gower Peninsula extends into the Atlantic Ocean.

This includes the west tip at Rossili Bay provides the watersport of surfing, back along the south coast resorts

to Mumbles, which forms the west coastline of Swansea Bay.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the South Wales county borough

of Torfaen, named after the original name of the river in the valley community it represents.

This river became better known as Afon Lwyd, flowing 13 miles from its source north of  Blaenavon.

joining the River Usk at  Caerleon. now included in the unitary authority of  Newport, which

provides the southern boundary of Torfaen, before reaching the mouth of the Usk and Severn.

The eastern and western boundaries approximately follow the ridges of mountains rising on each side

of the Afon Lwyd, between  Blaenau Gwent to the east, and  Monmouthshire to the west and north.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan,

on the most southern coast of South Wales.  The Vale of Glamorgan, besides the unitary authority is

a constituency of both the UK Parliament, and the National Assembly for Wales.

There is no town of Glamorgan, and present day major settlements arose from the industrial revolution.

Glamorgan was one of the thirteen historic administrative counties of Wales, originally a pre-Norman

medieval kingdom.  Between 1972 and 1974, the three districts of Glamorgan became "preserved" counties,

which where split further into unitary authorities in 1996.

• West Glamorgan became  Swansea County and  Neath Port Talbot County Borough.
• Mid Glamorgan became  Bridgend County Borough,  Merthyr Tydfil County Borough and  Rhondda Cynon Taf.
• Cardiff was split from the west of South Glamorgan, leaving the Vale of Glamorgan.

The most eastern, and second largest, town of the Vale of Glamorgan, is at the east, on the east coast,

on the south of Cardiff Bay, and the barrage now provides a non-tidal marina, at  Penarth.

The town with higher population is further west on the coast, at  Barry, which, with the

peninsula Barry Island, is the most southerly point.

Despite its name, Cardiff International Airport is even further west at  Rhoose.

Further west is  Llantwit Major, with minor settlements of St Donats, Marcross, Southerndown .

and Ogmore-by-Sea where the Ogmore River forms the boundary with  Bridgend.

The M4 motorway crosses the Ogmore River to  Pencoed, and the M4 coincides with the northern

boundary of the Vale of Glamorgan, with Rhondda Cynon Taff eastwards, south of  Pontyclun,

before the M4 meets the north west boundary of Cardiff boundary at junction 33,

Cardiff West Services.  In this rural area there a small settlements associated

with the Ely River; St Bride's super-Ely is west of the Cardiff boundary from St Fagans.

The north east part of the Vale is represented by the  Peterston-super-Ely, as far west as  Ystradowen.

The A4232 dual carriageway forms the boundary with Cardiff south east,

back to the Ely River as it enters Cardiff Bay.

This category tree is for websites based in, or exclusively about, the East Mid Wales county borough

of the Wrexham, named after its major town of  Wrexham.

The county borough was formed in 1996 from the "preserved" county of Clwyd which had the north coast

as boundary from Deeside at  Flint through  Rhyl to  Colwyn Bay.

However, this coastline became part of the unitary authorities of  Flintshire, 

Denbighshire and  Conwy County Borough.

The River Dee forms the east boundary with England, from the West Cheshire villages of Aldford to Shocklach.

The north east part of Wrexham, north of the A534 is represented by the locality of  Holt.

South of the A534 the villages of Ridleywood and Bowling Bank have been dominated by the

Wrexham Industrial Estate, but the area further south is represented by the  Bangor-on-Dee locality.

The village of Threapwood on the West Cheshire border is considered to be in England,

represented by the  Malpas category. whereas Tallarn Green is in Wrexham.

Wrexham then has its east boundary with Shropshire at  Whitchurch.

The most south east area of Wrexham, north of  Wem and  Ellesmere is represented by the

Bronington locality, where the Llangollen Canal crosses the south east boundary at Bettisfield.

This locality may include websites for Penley, whereas those further west are included in  Overton-on-Dee.

West of Overton, the boundary rejoins the River Dee, then follows a tributary, the River Ceiriog,

flowing from the south of  Chirk, where the Llangollen Canal has an aqueduct over the Ceiriog.

South of Chirk Castle, the boundary heads south west, and extends to enclose the Ceiriog Valley,

reaching 784 metres above sea level at Cadair Bronwen.

The most south west village is Llanarmon (Dyffryn Ceiriog), which is at the end the B4500,

which climbs the valley on the north bank of the Ceiriog, through the villages

of Tregeiriog (Foel Rhiwlas), Pandy, Dolywern and Pontfadog, from Chirk,

and this area is represented by the  Glyn Ceiriog locality.

North of Chirk, the west boundary with Denbighshire is represented by the categories for

  Ruabon,  Rhosllanerchrugog,  Brymbo, west of Wrexham.

The area directly north of Wrexham, west of the A483 to the boundary with Flintshire at

Caergwrle and  Hope, including Burton Green, is represented by the  Llay locality.

The most north west area to the boundary with Cheshire, east of the A483, north of Wrexham,

is represented by the  Rossett locality.