Gardens · South Wales
The Vale Resort
The Vale Resort — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
The Vale Resort is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Vale Resort is a golf, spa and leisure hotel and resort in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It consists of a hotel, spa, restaurant, two championship golf courses, golf clubhouse and a conference centre.
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Background
History
The resort is located near Hensol Castle, in the Vale of Glamorgan, around 10 miles outside Cardiff city centre. Leekes, a retailer owned by Gerald Leeke, purchased the site, which at the time consisted of a 9-hole golf course, in 1994. Around this course, a golf clubhouse was opened, followed by a health club and spa facility in 1998, designed for 4,500 members. As of 2012, the spa is the largest in Wales. along with an indoor sports training arena, in a partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). The WRU continue to use the facility as their training base during domestic fixture periods such as the Six Nations Championship and Autumn internationals, and in 2009 the training facilities…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4953, -3.3775
- Address
- Hensol Park, Hensol, Vale of Glamorgan CF72 8JY
- Established
- 1999
- Official site
- www.valeresort.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q17020375 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Vale Resort (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Vale Resort?
- The Vale Resort is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was The Vale Resort built?
- Built or established in 1999.
- Who owns The Vale Resort?
- The Vale Resort is owned by Leekes.