:Cold Knap
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Cold Knap is a district of Barry in South Wales.
Amenities
Cold Knap is a coastal pebble beach (with some sand at low tide),[http://beachguide.wales/swalessomerset/cold-knap.php Cold Knap beach at beachguide.wales] Accessed 27 June 2017 approximately a mile west of the sandy beach at Barry Island, which attracts visitors during the summer months. It extends generally westwards towards Porthkerry from Cold Knap Point.[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?x=312500&y=167000&z=115&sv=312500,167000&st=4&mapp=idld.srf&searchp=s.srf&dn=675&ax=311500&ay=166500&lm=0 Map showing Cold Knap beach at streetmap.co.uk] Accessed 27 June 2017 It was founded by the Romans who used it as a port, and the remains of a Roman building here are now a scheduled monument.[http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=roman-building-remains-barry 'Roman building remains, Cold Knap, Barry' at historypoints.org] Accessed 27 June 2017
Attractions include a lake shaped like a Welsh harp and the Richard Taylor Memorial Skatepark.{{cite web |url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/sport/23836909.barrys-richard-taylor-memorial-skatepark-opens-weekend/ |title=Barry's Richard Taylor Memorial Skatepark opens this weekend / Barry And District News |accessdate=2024-03-03 }} There was previously an outdoor swimming pool, but this has now been closed and filled in, and the area turned into a tourist trail. There was a campaign to have the lido rebuilt during 2014 but an enthusiastic online campaign (including a Facebook campaign group ("Rebuild the Knap Lido") has not been successful, despite a number of celebrity endorsements (including local BBC weatherman Derek Brockway).[http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/11392539.print/ Sharon Harris: 'Weatherman pools support for Lido campaign', 6 August 2014, at barryanddistrictnews.co.uk] Accessed 27 June 2017
Cold Knap Lake is the title and subject of a poem by Gillian Clarke, which has been included in an English literature GCSE syllabus in England. Cold Knap Point is the site of a sewage pumping station serving Barry.[http://www.southwalescoast.org See file: '3 The Knap to Watch House Beach.pdf', including "...a strategically important sewage pumping station that serves Barry", at www.southwalescoast.org] Accessed 27 June 2017 It was also the location of a case in English contract law - Chapelton v. Barry UDC [1940] 1 KB 532 - where a man's deckchair collapsed.
The park is listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.{{NHAW|uid=245|num=PGW(Gm)58(GLA)|desc=Cold Knap Park|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3473898 www.geograph.co.uk Photos of Cold Knap and area]
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Category:Neighbourhoods of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Category:Beaches of the Vale of Glamorgan
Category:Defunct sports venues in Wales
Category:Registered historic parks and gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan
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