Dinas Powys
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 old Welsh for fortress, (Dinas) and pagus,(Powys) the Latin word for pagan. The literal definition, as a result, 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 and also easily located on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry main road. It is typically regarded as an enjoyable dormitory town for Cardiff's business and sector travelers because the city has broadened with widespread advancement around the Cardiff Bay area. Despite the addition of numerous housing developments over the past fifty years, the old village centre of Dinas Powys still has a primarily pristine and virtually rural feeling, preserving a huge village typical as well as a conventional town centre total with a post office and a series of little independent shops, public houses, dining establishments and neighborhood centers. On top of that there are stores, garages, small grocery stores, Pharmacy and also a Vets on the main Cardiff Road as well as an option of stores on the Murch estate including a post office. The Health Centre consisting of the physicians and also Murch drug store transferred in April 2017 to the 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 is in the area of 8,800. This establishes the village as the fifth largest negotiation in the Vale of Glamorgan and larger than lots of chartered towns in the UK.
