Blackwood

Worth seeing in and around Blackwood

3 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
   St Catwg's Church

   St Catwg's Church, Gelligaer, is a listed place of worship in the community of Gelligaer in Caerphilly, South Wales.

   3 km · church in Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   2.8 km · Grade II* listed building in Caerphilly · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Aberbargoed Grasslands

   Aberbargoed Grasslands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Rhymney Valley in Mid & South Glamorgan, South Wales. The area was designated a national nature reserve in 2012 largely due to its population of marsh fritillary butterflies.

   2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Blackwood

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 32 km · Bristol (BRS), 46 km · Birmingham (BHX), 133 km

Stations

Ystrad Mynach railway station, 3.8 km · Bargoed railway station, 3.2 km · Gilfach Fargoed railway station, 2.3 km · Pengam railway station, 1.6 km · Hengoed railway station, 2.6 km

• Bristol → Blackwood

  48 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Blackwood

  127 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £15–20
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• London → Blackwood

  214 km · quickest by road, 4h · £22–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Blackwood

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blackwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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