The Knowhere Guide

Best and Worst in Penarth, Glamorgan*

Penarth, Glamorgan Triumphs and Tragedies

Favourite Building

• The Clive Arms, John st
• Custom House down on the Dock (Sorry..Penarth Portway Marina !)
• my house, because it is a castle (you can see it from the end of the pier)
• WHSmith cos it hat to be rebuilt after someone I knew tried to burn it down
• The Victorian Pier on the Esplanade, which underwent £1m renovations in 1997
• The Washington Cinema, home of Penarth's major design company, Washington DC.
• Anything vaguley nice (Esplanade Hotel, Christ's Church...) gets torched/demolished to make way for more retirement homes.

Demolish It Now Building

• The Railway Inn
• Car park on the beach.
• Multi Storey Car Park on beach front - though used to be a great diving board when the Spring Tide is at its highest now is just an old amusement arcade which still takes old coins !
• all the old peoples homes and the "seabank flats" because if they were demolished, my house would be worth about twice as much
• St. Cyres Comprehensive school.
• That multi-storey car park.

The Best Things

• the best thing is being in Australia and not in Penarth.....
• attention skateboarders! the new washington steps are actually better for skating than the old ones! ha ha, we win!
• The new steps in front of the Washingto . Stops the Scateboarders
• All day breakfast and a pint of Stella for less than four quid in the Windsor.
• Sadlers butchers, near the train station which still sells game. Williams the baker.
• The Westbourne Guesthouse, best place to stay. Nice friendly family runs the place, best breakfast I've ever tasted. great evening menu and bar to socalise, have to be a resident or be in with the owner though. Proprietors : Brian & Mary Hardiman
• hiding in the bushes and shooting dogs with an airgun while they crap by my front gate
• It's quite close to cardiff
• Lots of large,luxurious parks.
• Quiet pleasant town, but convenient for Cardiff and airport.
• Beach.
• Not stepping in a turd for a whole day??
• Night-time strolls along the esplanade, when you can't see the colour of the water

The Worst Things

• the amount of kids
• Old age pensioners who all have cars and are ruthless in their parking and driving on most days. If you want to travel into Penarth, it's best to take a bus/train or walk, as it's the car driving capital of Wales for the over 60's.
• The Weather - it nearly always rains!
• the elite in stanwell school circa 1982-1988
• Bloody kids on skateboards rattling around on the pavements.(Well you asked !)
• Dog muck. An ever increasing nouveau-riche population who drive everywhere in this small town in their space wagons while kidding themselves they are leading a 'green' life! Tescos - which is killing the town centre.
• living too close to barry the old people the horrible kids standing near barlcays bank in the centre
• full of townies and old people
• The fact that Penarth is only 7 miles from Barry
• The barrage!
• Stepping in many turds - Penarth is a dog toilet.

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Last updated: 2007-11-01