Borth
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Location within Ceredigion | |
Population | 1,399 (2011).[1] |
OS grid reference | SN608894 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Borth |
Postcode district | SY24 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Borth (Welsh: Y Borth) is a village and seaside resort in Ceredigion, Mid Wales; it is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth, on the Ceredigion Coast Path. The community includes the settlement of Ynyslas and the population was 1,399 in 2011. From being largely Welsh-speaking, the village has become anglicised; over 54 per cent of its residents were born in England.[2] According to both the 1991 and 2001 censuses, 43 per cent of the residents of Borth were primarily Welsh-speakers.