The Angel is a large and imposing building in St Mary Street. It was a former coaching inn which had ample stabling at the back. At one time part of the Angel was used as a Nonconformist meeting house. It was also used as the barracks for the local Militia and whilst the Public Buildings were being built it was also used as a grammar school.
The Hope and Anchor is located in the Pendre area of Cardigan and it’s unusual in this day and age that it’s next door to another public house called the Commercial which is closed at the time of writing. A traditional public house divided into two sections with the lounge on the left side of the building and the bar on right hand side.
A building of some kind has been on the site of The Black Lion Hotel since 1105 and is probably the oldest coaching inn in Wales. At the time Cardigan became an important stopover on the journey between north and south Wales with the Black Lion becoming an important coaching inn and within its courtyard it housed stables, coach houses and the town’s well.
Located on Finch Square in Cardigan the inn is believed to have once been a hostel for pilgrims who visited the Shrine of Our Lady at the Priory Church. The present distinctive black and white building dates from 1850 and stands on the edge of town. Stone built with low wooden ceilings.
The whitewashed White Hart is located in the heart of Cenarth in west Wales. Dating back to the 18th century and long been a pub associated with coracle fishing. Indeed a Teifi coracle proudly hangs outside and such a vessel is the norm in this part of the country.
Aberystwyth’s second oldest public house dating from the 14th century. Has been called the Old Black Lion since at least 1771. Back in 1875 the landlady was a certain Margaret Thomas.
In the early 19th century stagecoaches left the Black every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays at 4am and returned at 9pm on the same evening.
The Angel is a large and imposing building in St Mary Street. It was a former coaching inn which had ample stabling at the back. At one time part of the Angel was used as a Nonconformist meeting house. It was also used as the barracks for the local Militia and whilst the Public Buildings were being built it was also used as a grammar school.
The Hope and Anchor is located in the Pendre area of Cardigan and it’s unusual in this day and age that it’s next door to another public house called the Commercial which is closed at the time of writing. A traditional public house divided into two sections with the lounge on the left side of the building and the bar on right hand side.
A building of some kind has been on the site of The Black Lion Hotel since 1105 and is probably the oldest coaching inn in Wales. At the time Cardigan became an important stopover on the journey between north and south Wales with the Black Lion becoming an important coaching inn and within its courtyard it housed stables, coach houses and the town’s well. 
Located on Finch Square in Cardigan the inn is believed to have once been a hostel for pilgrims who visited the Shrine of Our Lady at the Priory Church. The present distinctive black and white building dates from 1850 and stands on the edge of town. Stone built with low wooden ceilings. 
The whitewashed White Hart is located in the heart of Cenarth in west Wales. Dating back to the 18th century and long been a pub associated with coracle fishing. Indeed a Teifi coracle proudly hangs outside and such a vessel is the norm in this part of the country. 