Borth

Borth is a coastal village, 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The population was 1,523 in 2001.

Features and History

Borth has a beach and is a resort. There is a youth hostel in the village and numerous campgrounds nearby. An old underwater forest is visible at low tide on the beach where stumps of oak, pine, birch, can be seen. This forest is also associated with the legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod.

Cors Fochno, the only UNESCO biosphere reserve in Wales, located in the village.

On April 4, 1876, the entire Uppingham School in Rutland, consisting of 300 boys, 30 masters and their families brought to Borth for a period of 14 months in order to avoid a typhoid epidemic.

According to Morrissey his hit single " Everyday Is Like Sunday" was inspired by Borth.