Cuisine of Ceredigion The sea around Ceredigion has traditionally been rich in fish and for many centuries great shoals of herring would be caught in Cardigan Bay. The fish would be landed and sold at all the Ceredigion ports, including Aberaeron, Aberporth and Aberystwyth. At Aberystwyth the volume of herring landed increased significantly after the harbour was enlarged during the eighteenth century. Here, the fish were salted between September and November and then packed in barrels for transport by train to England. Herring was also an important food source for local people and the fish were salted in the autumn for winter use.
Cardigan, Ceredigion works sympathetically restoring many of the shop facades in the town centre. The quayside has been rebuilt with a new civic area and landing stage. Cardigan was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017. The town has a hospital, college, modern arts centre (with three-screen cinema), theatre and recently refurbished 19th century guildhall housing market stalls; for shopping there are supermarkets and town centre shops and several trading estates. Cardigan's college, "Coleg Ceredigion", is located north of the town centre and educates 700 full-time and 2,000 part-time students in both Welsh and English languages, and