Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Wales
Detourmap lists 241 places in Wales, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Anglesey. 209 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 241
- Oldest
- Pentre Ifan 3499 BC
- Little known
- 209 of 241
- Share of United Kingdom
- 8%
Wales 241
The 120 best known of 241. The other 121 are on the map and on the United Kingdom pages.
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4.Offa's Dyke
Archaeological · Notable
Defensive earthworks on the border between Anglian (or 'English') Mercia and the Kingdom of Wales
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6.Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
National park along the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales
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9.Bryn Celli Ddu
Archaeological · Notable
Prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey; Neolithic henge monument
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10.Tintern Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Grade I listed ruined abbey in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales
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12.Pentre Ifan
Archaeological · 35th century BC · Notable
Neolithic dolmen in the civil parish of Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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23.Smallest House in Great Britain
Archaeological · Notable
House in Conwy, Wales; smallest inhabitable house in the UK
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30.Mach Loop
Nature · Notable
Low-level military aircraft flying training area in Wales, United Kingdom
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39.Basingwerk Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Hidden gem
Ruin of an abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
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50.Dinorwic Quarry
Archaeological · 18th century · Hidden gem
Large former slate quarry near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales and World Heritage Site.
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61.Ynys Lochtyn
Nature · Hidden gem
Tidal island on the coast of Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
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62.Sully Island
Nature · Hidden gem
Small tidal island off the northern coast of the Bristol Channel near Cardiff
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67.Horseshoe Falls
Nature · Hidden gem
Grade II listed wier in Denbighshire; the 'Falls' are located above rapids on the River Dee approximately 2km above Llangollen
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84.Bryn Gwyn stones
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Two remaining stones of an original circle of eight stones
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91.Milford Haven Waterway
Nature · Hidden gem
Ria, or flooded valley, in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, UK
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97.Carreg Coetan Arthur
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Neolithic burial chamber near Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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102.Presaddfed Chambered Tomb
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Neolithic burial chamber in Anglesey, Wales
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104.Din Llugwy Romano-British Village
Archaeological · Hidden gem
A number of hut circles surrounded by an enclosing wall, in Anglesey, Wales
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105.Bodowyr Burial Chamber
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Neolithic burial chamber in Llanidan, Anglesey, Wales, UK
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106.Penycloddiau
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Hillfort primarily located in Ysceifiog community, Flintshire
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108.Holyhead Mountain Prehistoric Village
Archaeological · Hidden gem
The remains of a group of prehistoric huts near Trearddur on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales
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112.Nant Ffrancon Pass
Nature · Hidden gem
Glacial valley between Bethesda and Llyn Ogwen, gwynedd, in Eryri National Park
Elsewhere in United Kingdom
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Wales?
Anglesey. Island in north-west Wales, UK. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Wales?
241: 122 nature & landscapes and 119 archaeological & historic sites. 209 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Wales?
Pentre Ifan, dated to 3499 BC. 22 of the 241 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Wales here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Wales if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Wales is a first-level division of United Kingdom, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.