Bedwas

Worth seeing in and around Bedwas

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Caerphilly Castle

   Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to maintain control of Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers.

   2.1 km · castle in Caerphilly, Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Morgraig Castle

   Morgraig Castle is a ruined castle, which lies close to the southern borders of the county borough of Caerphilly, overlooking Cardiff in Wales. It was built in the 13th century, but there is some debate as to who actually built the castle, either Gilbert de Clare or the Lord of Senghennydd.

   4.5 km · castle in Caerphilly, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Castell Machen

   Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined.

   6 km · ruined C13 castle in Graig, Newport, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Caerphilly mountain

   Caerphilly Mountain lies between Cardiff and Caerphilly at the southern edge of the South Wales Coalfield. Its summit is 271 metres above sea-level.

   3.5 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden

   The Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden at Senghenydd, Caerphilly, commemorates the 439 men killed in the Senghenydd colliery disaster of 1913, the worst mining accident in British history; the 81 lives lost in an earlier pit explosion at Senghenydd in 1901; and acts as a national memorial to all of the dead of the 152 mining disasters that have occurred in Wales. The garden was opened in 2013, the centenary of the 1913 event.

   5.6 km · memorial garden in Caerphilly, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly

   Twyn Community Centre is a municipal building in The Twyn Square in Caerphilly, Wales. The structure, which was commissioned as a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, now accommodates the offices and meeting place of Caerphilly Town Council.

   2.2 km · municipal building in Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   New House Hotel

   New House Hotel is a former country house, now a hotel, in Thornhill, Cardiff, Wales. Dating from around 1795, it was built for Thomas Lewis, a descendant of Thomas Lewis, a founder of the Dowlais Ironworks and prominent local landowner through his own descent from the Lewises of Van.

   4.8 km · Grade II* listed building in Cardiff · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Virginia Park

   Virginia Park is a rugby ground, cricket ground and former greyhound racing stadium in Caerphilly, South Wales.

   1.4 km · Rugby Union Stadium · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Wern Ddu Claypits

   Wern Ddu Claypits is a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Van in Caerphilly County Borough, South Wales. The woodland is known locally as Coed y Werin or Coed y Wern.

   3.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Gelli-groes Mill

    Gelligroes Mill is a water-powered corn mill in Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly county borough, South Wales, designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1962. The mill is equipped with an overshot wheel with a cast iron frame and wooden buckets.

    6 km · Grade II* listed building in Caerphilly · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bedwas

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 24 km · Bristol (BRS), 41 km · Birmingham (BHX), 138 km

Stations

Lisvane and Thornhill railway station, 5.5 km · Caerphilly railway station, 2.5 km · Llanbradach railway station, 2.2 km · Aber railway station, 2.6 km · Ystrad Mynach railway station, 5.9 km

• Bristol → Bedwas

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £6–8
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Bedwas

  133 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £15–20
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  213 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · £22–29
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