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Places

Garth, Alberta Clearwater County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada in Division No. 9. Its northwest boundary is the Brazeau River. The municipal office is located in the Town of Rocky Mountain House. The county has a land area of 18, ...

, Canada *

Garth, Bridgend Garth is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Garth is situated to the east of the town of Maesteg, and lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley. During the 19th century Garth was an industrial coal-mining village which contained ...

, a village in south Wales :*

Garth railway station (Bridgend) Garth (Mid Glamorgan) railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garth, Bridgend, Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The station is known as Garth (Mid Glamorgan) in order to differentiate it ...

Garth, Ceredigion Garth, Ceredigion is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 74.6 miles (120.1 km) from Cardiff and 176.3 miles (283.7 km) from London. Garth is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) ...

, small village in Wales * Garth, Powys, a village in mid Wales :*

Garth railway station (Powys) Garth (Powys) railway station serves the village of Garth, Powys, Wales. The railway station is located at street level at the end of the Llais yr Afon lane near the village centre. The station is known as Garth (Powys) in order to differentiat ...

Garth Hill Garth Hill (usually called The Garth, or Garth Mountain, ''Mynydd y Garth'' in Welsh) is a hill located in between the communities of Llantwit Fardre and Pentyrch in Wales. The Garth can be seen from nearly the whole of the city of Cardiff a ...

, The Garth, Garth Hill or Garth Mountain, a mountain near Cardiff, Wales *Garth, one of many other minor place names in the United Kingdom

Buildings and structures

Garth (Guilsfield) Garth was an important early gothic revival house in the township of Garth in Guilsfield in Montgomeryshire. In the 18th century it became the home of the Mytton family who had originally been Shrewsbury drapers, who derived their wealth from th ...

, a historic house in Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire, UK *

Castle Garth The Castle, Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave the City of Newcastle its name. The most prominent remaining structures on the site are the Castl ...

, a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England *

Garth Pier Garth Pier is a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. At in length, it is the second-longest pier in Wales, and the ninth longest in the British Isles. Construction Designed by J.J. Webster of Westminster, London, the pier has ...

, a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales *Garth Castle, home to

Clan Stewart Clan Stewart ( Gaelic: ''Stiùbhart'') is a Scottish Highland and Lowland clan. The clan is recognised by Court of the Lord Lyon; however, it does not have a Clan Chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Because the clan has no chief ...

of Atholl, north-west of Aberfeldy, Scotland

Arts and entertainment

* ''Garth'' (comic strip), published in the British newspaper ''Daily Mirror'' from 1943 to 1997 *Planet Garth, setting of David Brin's novel ''

The Uplift War ''The Uplift War'' is a 1987 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards. The previo ...

People and fictional characters

Garth (name) A garth is an enclosed quadrangle or yard, especially one surrounded by a cloister ( Middle English; Old Norse ''garþr, garðr''; akin to Anglo-Saxon ''geard''). This led to the word being given as a last name to people who worked in or near a g ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or surname *

Garth (comics) Garth is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly associated with Aquaman and the Teen Titans. Created by writer Robert Bernstein and artist Ramona Fradon, he first appears in ''Adventure Comics'' #269 in ...

, fictional

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...

superhero * Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth (died c. 1678), Welsh merchant and politician * Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth (1770–1850), British Member of Parliament

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*, a Royal Navy destroyer *

Garth (architecture) In architecture, a quadrangle (or colloquially, a quad) is a space or a courtyard, usually rectangular (square or oblong) in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building (or several smaller buildings). T ...

, a cloister garden of a medieval monastery * Garth Stadium, a former greyhound racing track in Taff's Well, near Cardiff, Wales *

HM Prison Garth HM Prison Garth is a Category B men's prison, located in the village of Ulnes Walton (near Leyland), in Lancashire, England. Garth is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated next to HMP Wymott. History Garth Prison was op ...

, a prison in Lancashire * Garth School, Georgetown, Kentucky, United States *Garth Street (Hamilton, Ontario), an arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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