 fascinating facts about wales fascinating facts about wales barsha lun 4102021 1613 wales is one of the four countries in the uk it is not possible to overlook how distinct this country is from the rest of the countries in the uk it has a distinct personality and history that is unlike anything else on the planet to name a few wales is known for its mountainous national parks rocky coastline and celtic welsh language there are many intriguing facts about this nation that many people are unaware of such as the fact that mount everest was named after a welshman and that jack daniels was born in wales some other fascinating facts are as follows according to the official statistics wales has the most castle per square mile in the world there are more than 600 castles in this country wales also consists of europe s secondlargest castle caerphilly castle which is the biggest one in wales sir george everest a welshman is the man who gave mount everest its name he was the surveyor who first surveyed mount everest and gave it his name wales is home to the uk s deepest cave ogof ffynnon dddu which is located near abercraf it is the deepest cave in the united kingdom at a depth of 308 meters 1010 feet it also contains more than 30 miles of tunnels and passageways making it the uk s 3rd longest network the world s first suspension bridge the menai bridge is situated in wales the bridge was designed by thomas telford and was inaugurated on january 30 1826 measuring 386 meters it was also the world s longest bridge the first jack daniels was created in wales joseph job daniels who was a west welshman from aberystwyth immigrated to the united states in the 18th century where his grandson jack went on to establish the worldfamous jack daniels whiskey the wedding rings of the british royal family are invariably made of welsh gold the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle in 2018 followed this tradition as well wales is the home of traditional british lawn tennis lawn tennis is said to have been developed in 1873 by major walter wingfield while playing with a different type of ball manufactured from indian rubber that was meant to bounce on the grass at nantclwyd hall he came up with the concept wingfield eventually devised a series of rules for the game which he copyrighted as sphairistrike in 1874 wales is one of the four countries in the uk it is not possible to overlook how distinct this country is from the rest of the countries in the uk it has a distinct personality and history that is unlike anything else on the planet to name a few wales is known for its mountainous national parks rocky coastline and celtic welsh language there are many intriguing facts about this nation that many people are unaware of such as the fact that mount everest was named after a welshman and that jack daniels was born in wales some other fascinating facts are as follows according to the official statistics wales has the most castle per square mile in the world there are more than 600 castles in this country wales also consists of europe s secondlargest castle caerphilly castle which is the biggest one in wales sir george everest a welshman is the man who gave mount everest its name he was the surveyor who first surveyed mount everest and gave it his name wales is home to the uk s deepest cave ogof ffynnon dddu which is located near abercraf it is the deepest cave in the united kingdom at a depth of 308 meters 1010 feet it also contains more than 30 miles of tunnels and passageways making it the uk s 3rd longest network the world s first suspension bridge the menai bridge is situated in wales the bridge was designed by thomas telford and was inaugurated on january 30 1826 measuring 386 meters it was also the world s longest bridge the first jack daniels was created in wales joseph job daniels who was a west welshman from aberystwyth immigrated to the united states in the 18th century where his grandson jack went on to establish the worldfamous jack daniels whiskey the wedding rings of the british royal family are invariably made of welsh gold the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle in 2018 followed this tradition as well wales is the home of traditional british lawn tennis lawn tennis is said to have been developed in 1873 by major walter wingfield while playing with a different type of ball manufactured from indian rubber that was meant to bounce on the grass at nantclwyd hall he came up with the concept wingfield eventually devised a series of rules for the game which he copyrighted as sphairistrike in 1874  