Wales is country in the United Kingdom that is located in the South West of the UK mainland. It borders the English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire and faces the Irish Sea on West of the country. Its main towns and cities include Swansea, Newport, Wrexham, Cardiff , Rhyl, Fishguard, Bangor, Abersytwyth, Carmarthen. Llandudno and Holyhead.