Dinas Powys
Dinas Powys is a large 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) and pagus,(Powys) the Latin word for pagan. The actual definition, for that reason, being, "Pagan Stronghold", describing 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 conveniently situated on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry main road. It is generally considered a pleasant dorm room town for Cardiff's commerce and also sector travelers since the city has expanded with extensive growth around the Cardiff Bay location. Regardless of the addition of several housing developments over the past fifty years, the old village centre of Dinas Powys still has a primarily untainted and also almost rural feeling, keeping a large village typical as well as a conventional town centre full with a post office and a range of little independent shops, public houses, restaurants as well as area facilities. In addition there are stores, garages, small supermarkets, Pharmacy as well as a Veterinarians on the primary Cardiff Road and a choice of stores on the Murch estate including a post office. The Wellness Centre including the physicians as well as Murch pharmacy transferred in April 2017 to the brand-new Clinical centre on top of Murch Road, on the website of the old St Cyres, Dinas Powys site. According to current selecting rolls the population is in the area of 8,800. This develops the village as the 5th biggest settlement in the Vale of Glamorgan and larger than several chartered communities in the UK.
