East Wales in the context of Welsh Athletics


East Wales in the context of Welsh Athletics

⭐ Core Definition: East Wales

East Wales (Welsh: Dwyrain Cymru) is a geographical sub-division and an International Territory Level Two (ITL 2) statistical region of Wales. It generally encompasses the easternmost parts of the country, and further sub-divided into four ITL 3 regions– Monmouthshire and Newport, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, Flintshire and Wrexham, Powys.

Various organizations in Wales use various methodologies to sub-divide territory, and most of them use a North–South divide. The East-West divide is generally used by the Office for National Statistics, and sporting organizations such as the Welsh Athletics.

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East Wales in the context of North East Wales

North East Wales (Welsh: Gogledd-Ddwyrain Cymru) is an area or region of Wales, commonly defined as a grouping of the principal areas of Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Wrexham County Borough in the north-east of the country. These principal areas comprise most (excluding Colwyn, and parts of Glyndŵr) of the former administrative county of Clwyd. It is bordered by Conwy, and Gwynedd, in North West Wales to the west, Powys, in Mid Wales to the south, the English counties of Cheshire, and Shropshire to the east, and the Irish Sea, and Dee estuary to the north. It is the more urban, densely populated, and industrial part of the north Wales geographic region, centred on the city of Wrexham and the towns of Rhyl and Prestatyn, and the conurbation of Deeside. The region's close links with North West England in general and Merseyside in particular (together as the "Mersey-Dee" economic sub-region) are crucial to the region's economy.

The Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the region. Other attractions include historical buildings such as Chirk Castle, and Erddig in Wrexham, valley towns such as Corwen and Llangollen, and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site.

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East Wales in the context of West Wales and the Valleys

West Wales and the Valleys is a UK International Territorial Level 2 statistical region covering the western areas of Wales and the South Wales Valleys. Created as part of Eurostat's Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), it was used by the European Union (EU) to deliver the European Regional Development Fund to areas of Wales, until the UK's withdrawal from the EU in 2020, after which it was mirrored onto the Office for National Statistics' International Territorial Level (ITL) geo-classification system. The remainder of Wales is part of the East Wales statistical region.

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