A Look Back At South Glamorgan, UK
July 21st, 2009. Published under Destinations. No Comments.
A preserved county of Wales that came into existence in 2003 is known as South Glamorgan. Actually it was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as a county council area. It contained the southern part of the administrative county of Glamorgan, the parish of St Mellons from Monmouthshire and the county borough of Cardiff.
The area was further divided and distributed between two districts, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan. This was an in fact wrong as number of districts was very low and to be formed in a county in the Act, except the other one being the Isle of Wight. Main towns of Cardiff, Penarth, Barry, Cowbridge and Llantwit Major were also included in it.
On April 1, 1996, its County Council was eradicated with both district councils went on to become unitary authorities. Four communities were included in the unitary authorities from Mid Glamorgan, with St Brides Major, Wick, and Ewenny going to Vale of Glamorgan and with Pentyrch and Creigiau getting into and forming a part of Cardiff. However, these changes did leave two county boroughs, Conwy and Caerphilly separated between preserved counties.
Solving this problem, the National Assembly for Wales made two changes in the boundaries that came into effect on 2 April 2003. Conwys part of the local government area which was in Gwynedd was shifted to Clwyd and Caerphillys part of the local government area which used to be in Mid Glamorgan was shifted to Gwent. The borders that lied between Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan were also changed a little bit to show small changes in local government boundaries. Every preserved county now accomplished from one to five whole local government areas.
Actually the preserved counties were almost same as the 1974 96 counties, but with just a few small changes that were intended to ensure that preserved counties were made up of whole important regions. Cardiff is the county town of the ancient county of Glamorgan that was later renamed as South Glamorgan.
It is a part of the biggest European cities that are included in the network of Eurocities. Urban Areas of Cardiff are in a little larger area, which includes Dinas Powys, Radyr and Penarth. Up to the early 19th century it was a minor town, but during this century when industry came here, it gained popularity as a major port for the transportation of coal. In 1905, it developed into a city and by 1955 was made the capital of Wales. Since then Cardiff has been flourishing with the new Welsh Assembly Building and a brand new waterfront area at Cardiff Bay. These places are a must see for anyone visiting Cardiff.
International sporting arenas in the city contain the Millennium Stadium that is used by rugby union and football players. SWALEC Stadium is popular for playing cricket. Cardiff has been a important tourist destination with approximately 11.7 million tourists in 2006.
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