St David's
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- This page is about the city. For the patron saint of Wales, see Saint David.
| St David's | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | 1,797 (2001 census<ref>Office for National Statistics Parish Headcounts: St David's and the Cathedral Close</ref>) | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for SM755255 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Pembrokeshire | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | Dyfed-Powys Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Dyfed | |
| Historic county: | Pembrokeshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | HAVERFORDWEST | |
| Postal district: | SA62 | |
| Dialling code: | 01437 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
| Image:Flag of Wales.svg | ||
St David's (Welsh: Tyddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. It lies on the River Alun, on Saint David's peninsula in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
The city is built around St David's Cathedral, which in the Middle Ages was a popular place of pilgrimage. Next to it, the fourteenth century Bishop's Palace is a ruin now in the care of Cadw and open to visitors.
Tradition states that Saint David was born to Saint Non at what is now St Non's, a ten minute walk south of the city, in about 500. It is also said that he was baptised at Porthclais, now the city's port, and that he founded the city in around 550. Legend says that two pilgrimages to St David's are equal to a pilgrimage to the Vatican in Rome. Saint Non's Well overlooks the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and St. Bride's Bay. The dramatic Cambrian cliffs make this a popular spot for sea-kayakers.
Other than the cathedral, attractions in the city include the thirteenth century Tower Gate, the Celtic Old Cross and a number of good art galleries. St David's is also a popular base for walking and water sports. It has several hotels and a youth hostel, and a number of pubs, including The Farmer's Arms.
St David's is the only city in the United Kingdom to lie entirely in a national park, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, and it lies near the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
St David's hosted the National Eisteddfod in 2002.
The St David's lifeboat, located at St Justinian, has saved numerous lives since the first lifeboat was located there in 1869. Indeed a number of heroic lifeboatmen have lost theirs in pursuit of saving others. The dangers are due in the main to the treacherous reefs and formations off the coast together with the unpredictable Irish Sea conditions. [citation needed]
The entire costline around St Davids forms part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Local agriculture has declined in recent years, with the once buoyant crop of Pembrokeshire first early new potatoes having largely died out due to pressure from the supermarkets.[citation needed]
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