🎨 Arts & Culture

2895 businesses in Wales

Cardiff & Vale (198) Mid Wales (588) Newport & Gwent (179) North Wales (1166) Pembrokeshire (234) Swansea Bay (138) The Valleys (195) West Wales (197)
Pen y gaer Hillfort
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen y Groes War Memorial
North Wales, North Wales

Memorial
Pen y Pigyn
North Wales, North Wales

Monument
Pen-bryn+breynog
North Wales, North Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-Bryn-Du
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-chwaen
North Wales, North Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-cwm
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-gyrdd
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-lan-odyn
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-Plaenau Roman Marching Camp
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-terfyn
North Wales, North Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-trwyn Copper Smelting Site
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-uchar llan
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Ball Monument
North Wales, North Wales

Monument
Pen-y-banc
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Pen-y-Beacon Stone Circle
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Castell
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Castell Iron Age Hill Fort
Swansea Bay, Swansea Bay

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Corddyn Mawr Hillfort
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-gaer
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Gaer
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Gaer hillfort
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-gaer Roman Camp
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-gorseddau Mound Axton Tumulus A
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-groes Hut Circles
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Stryd Stone Circle
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pen-y-Wenallt Enclosure
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Penallt War Memorial
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Monument
Penally War Memorial
Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire

Memorial
Penarth Library
Cardiff & Vale, Cardiff & Vale

Library. CF64 2YT
Penarth Slate Mine
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pencerdd Music
Cardiff & Vale, Cardiff & Vale

Musical Instrument
Pencoed Castle
Newport & Gwent, Newport & Gwent

Castle
Pencoed War Memorial
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Memorial
Pendinaslochdyn
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Penhow Castle
Newport & Gwent, Newport & Gwent

Castle
Penlan
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Penlan Community Centre and Library
Swansea Bay, Swansea Bay

Library. Heol Frank. SA5 7AH
Penlle'r Castell
Swansea Bay, Swansea Bay

Archaeological Site
Penmaen Burrows Megalith Chamber (Pen-y-crug)
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Archaeological Site
Penmaenau Farm
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Theatre
Penmaenmawr Historical Society & Museum
North Wales, North Wales

Museum
Penmaenmawr Library
North Wales, North Wales

Library
Penmaenuchaf
Dolgellau, North Wales

Manor House. LL40 1YB
Penmark Castle
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Historic Ruins
Penmyarth
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Manor House
Pennant Lead Mine
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site
Pennard Castle
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Castle
Penniless Point
Cardiff & Vale, Cardiff & Vale

Memorial
Penrallt yr Esgob Cairn
Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire

Archaeological Site
Penrhiw Chapel
Cardiff & Vale, Cardiff & Vale

Museum
Penrhiw Unitarian Chapel
West Wales, West Wales

Memorial
Penrhiwceiber Clock Tower And War Memorial
The Valleys, The Valleys

Memorial
Penrhos Camp
Newport & Gwent, Newport & Gwent

Monument
Penrhos Cottage
Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire

Museum
Penrhos Engine House
North Wales, North Wales

Historic Ruins
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
North Wales, North Wales

Museum
Penrhyndeudraeth Library
North Wales, North Wales

Library
Penrice Castle
Mid Wales, Mid Wales

Castle
Pentre Ffwrndan Roman Site
North Wales, North Wales

Archaeological Site

Wales Changed the World

From the first industrial nation to the technology behind the internet — Wales has always punched above its weight.

By 1851, Wales was the world's first industrial nation — the first country where more people worked in industry than agriculture. Swansea smelted one-third of the world's copper. North Wales produced one-third of global roofing slate. Merthyr's ironworks powered the British Empire. We invented the ball bearing, the hydrogen fuel cell, packet switching for the internet, and the eight-hour workday. We gave the world Viagra, radar, and the first mail-order business. Given that legacy, Wales should be among the world's wealthiest nations. It isn't — yet. Cymru Compass exists to help every Welsh business get found, because the next chapter of Welsh innovation starts with the businesses we have today.

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Packet Switching

Donald Davies built it in Wales — the technology that makes the internet work.

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Ball Bearing

Philip Vaughan, 1794.

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Sir William Grove, 1842.

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First Passenger Railway

Mumbles Railway, 1807.

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Mail-Order Business

Pryce Pryce-Jones, Newtown, 1861.

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Copper Capital

Swansea smelted one-third of the world's copper.

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Slate Capital

North Wales roofed the world — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Eight-Hour Day

Robert Owen from Newtown pioneered the cooperative movement.

41,000+ Welsh businesses are listed here. The next great Welsh innovation could be one of them.

Welsh Resources & Local Councils

Useful links for businesses and communities across Wales

Welsh Government

Gov.Wales / LLYW.CYMRU Business Wales Visit Wales Development Bank of Wales Sell2Wales / GwerthwchiGymru Trade & Invest Wales

South Wales Councils

Cardiff / Caerdydd Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg Swansea / Abertawe Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot Newport / Casnewydd Bridgend / Pen-y-bont Rhondda Cynon Taf Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful Caerphilly / Caerffili Blaenau Gwent Torfaen / Tor-faen Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

West & Mid Wales Councils

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro Ceredigion Powys

North Wales Councils

Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn Conwy Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych Flintshire / Sir y Fflint Wrexham / Wrecsam

Welsh Organisations

FSB Wales (Federation of Small Businesses) South Wales Chamber of Commerce North Wales Chamber of Commerce Wales Co-operative Centre WCVA (Wales Council for Voluntary Action) WalesOnline BBC Wales / BBC Cymru S4C

Welsh Language Resources

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Learn Welsh (Duolingo) National Centre for Learning Welsh Welsh Language Commissioner GPC Welsh Dictionary

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