Cold Knap is a district of

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Cold Knap is a coastal pebble beach (with some sand at low tide), approximately a mile west of the sandy beach at

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, which attracts visitors during the summer months. It extends generally westwards towards

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from Cold Knap Point. It was founded by the

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who used it as a port, and the remains of a Roman building here are now a scheduled monument. Attractions include a lake shaped like a Welsh harp and the Richard Taylor Memorial Skatepark. 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

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). Cold Knap Lake is the title and subject of a poem by

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, which has been included in an

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syllabus in England. Cold Knap Point is the site of a sewage pumping station serving

. It was also the location of a case in

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- '' Chapelton v. Barry UDC'' 9401 KB 532 - where a man's

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collapsed. The park is listed at Grade II on the

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References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk Photos of Cold Knap and area
Neighbourhoods of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Defunct lidos Beaches of the Vale of Glamorgan Defunct sports venues in Wales Registered historic parks and gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan {{ValeofGlamorgan-geo-stub