Dinas Powys
Dinas Powys is a large village and also 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 definition, therefore, being, "Pagan Stronghold", describing Dinas Powys hillfort that dates from the Iron Age. The village is 5.6 miles (9.0 kilometres) south-west of the centre of Cardiff and easily positioned on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry main road. It is normally considered as a positive dormitory town for Cardiff's commerce and sector commuters since the city has expanded with widespread development around the Cardiff Bay location. Regardless of the enhancement of several housing developments over the past fifty years, the old town centre of Dinas Powys still has a mainly untainted and also practically country feeling, keeping a big town common and also a conventional village centre complete with a post office and also a series of tiny independent shops, public houses, restaurants and area centers. Furthermore there are shops, garages, small grocery stores, Pharmacy and also a Veterinarians on the primary Cardiff Road as well as a choice of shops on the Murch estate including a post office. The Wellness Centre containing the doctors and Murch drug store relocated in April 2017 to the 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 remains in the area of 8,800. This establishes the village as the 5th biggest settlement in the Vale of Glamorgan and also larger than lots of chartered towns in the UK.