Rhodes on the Roads

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Welsh Counties

There are lots of different ways to count the Welsh counties. It has:

  • 22 Principal Areas
  • 8 Preserved/Ceremonial Counties
  • 13 Historic/Traditional Counties

Principal Areas Visited:

16 out of 22 of the Principal Areas visited, as of February 2026

  1. Anglesey
  2. Blaenau Gwent
  3. Bridgend
  4. Caerphilly
  5. Cardiff
  6. Carmarthenshire
  7. Ceredigion
  8. Conwy
  9. Denbighshire
  10. Flintshire
  11. Gwynedd
  12. Merthyr Tydfil
  13. Monmouthshire
  14. Neath Port Talbot
  15. Newport
  16. Pembrokeshire
  17. Powys
  18. Rhondda Cynon Taff
  19. Swansea
  20. Torfaen
  21. Vale of Glamorgan
  22. Wrexham