Dinas Powys is a huge village as well as a community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales which takes its name from the ancient Welsh for fortress, (Dinas) as well as pagus,(Powys) the Latin word for pagan. The actual definition, as a result, being, "Pagan Stronghold", referring to Dinas Powys hillfort that dates from the Iron Age. The village is 5.6 miles (9.0 km) south-west of the centre of Cardiff and also comfortably situated on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry highway. It is usually considered a pleasant dormitory town for Cardiff's commerce and sector travelers since the city has expanded with prevalent development around the Cardiff Bay location. Regardless of the addition of numerous housing developments over the past fifty years, the old village centre of Dinas Powys still has a mostly untainted and also practically country feeling, maintaining a big village usual and a traditional village centre total with a post office as well as a range of small independent stores, hostelries, restaurants and also area facilities. Additionally there are shops, garages, little grocery stores, Pharmacy and a Veterinarians on the major Cardiff Roadway as well as a choice of stores on the Murch estate consisting of a post office. The Wellness Centre consisting of the physicians as well as Murch drug store transferred in April 2017 to the new Medical centre at the top of Murch Road, on the website of the old St Cyres, Dinas Powys website. According to recent selecting rolls the population remains in the region of 8,800. This establishes the town as the fifth largest settlement in the Vale of Glamorgan and also larger than lots of chartered communities in the UK.
