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Colwinston

Colwinston is both a village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the centre of Bridgend and 21 miles (34 km) west of the centre of Cardiff.

The place

Colwinston is both a village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the centre of Bridgend and 21 miles (34 km) west of the centre of Cardiff. The village is located within 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) of the A48. The population in 2005 was approximately 400 but with recent building development, the population is now estimated at over 600 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Colwinston

7 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
    Penllyn Castle

    Penllyn Castle is a Norman-style country house, dating mainly from the Victorian period, located in Cowbridge, 4 miles south-east of Bridgend, South Wales. Built by Robert Fitzhamon in 1135, the sheriff Earl of Gloucester, it shares an oblong tower like contemporary Ogmore Castle.

    3.8 km · castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Michael and All Angels

    St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade I listed church in Colwinston, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963.

    200 m · church in Colwinston, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cnap Twt

    Cnap Twt is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Located roughly three miles south of Bridgend near St Brides Major.

    3.1 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Coed y Bwl

    Coed y Bwl is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales. The site is managed by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.

    3.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ewenny and Pant Quarries

    Ewenny and Pant Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, notable for its geological interest. First designated in 1996, both quarries are active, commercial quarries, with no public access.

    3.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ewenny Priory House

    Ewenny Priory House is a privately owned Georgian mansion located immediately to the south of Ewenny Priory church, at Ewenny, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Originally built in 1545 it was rebuilt in the early 1800s.

    3.6 km · building in Ewenny, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Canna's Church

    St Canna Church is a church in Llangan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Its churchyard cross is a Grade I listed building, listed on 22 July 2003.

    2.9 km · church in Llangan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Colwinston

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 15 km · Bristol (BRS), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 164 km
  • Bristol → Colwinston
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £9–12
  • London → Colwinston
    235 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · £24–32
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Colwinston
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Colwinston

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 Colwinston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    86 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    178 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    460 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    469 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    504 km

If you know how people move in Colwinston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Colwinston

Colwinston is 24 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Llandowvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.2 km
  • Wickvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3.8 km
  • Penllynvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3.3 km
  • Llanganvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.7 km
  • Llysworneyvillage in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.6 km