Dinas Powys
Dinas Powys is a large town as well as a community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales which takes its name from the old Welsh for stronghold, (Dinas) as well as pagus,(Powys) the Latin word for pagan. The actual significance, therefore, being, "Pagan Stronghold", describing Dinas Powys hillfort that dates from the Iron Age. The town is 5.6 miles (9.0 kilometres) south-west of the centre of Cardiff as well as conveniently positioned on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry highway. It is generally considered as a positive dorm room village for Cardiff's business and industry commuters given that the city has broadened with extensive growth around the Cardiff Bay location. Regardless of the addition of several housing developments over the past fifty years, the old town centre of Dinas Powys still has a primarily pristine as well as nearly country feeling, maintaining a big village usual and a typical town centre total with a post office and also a range of small independent shops, hostelries, dining establishments as well as area centers. Furthermore there are stores, garages, small grocery stores, Pharmacy and a Vets on the primary Cardiff Road and also a selection of stores on the Murch estate including a post office. The Wellness Centre consisting of the doctors and Murch drug store moved in April 2017 to the brand-new Clinical centre on top of Murch Road, on the site of the old St Cyres, Dinas Powys site. According to recent selecting rolls the population remains in the area of 8,800. This develops the town as the 5th biggest negotiation in the Vale of Glamorgan and also larger than many chartered communities in the UK.
