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Eglwys Brewis

Eglwys Brewis is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales.

The place

Eglwys Brewis is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is located just to the north of the village of St Athan, south of Flemingston and northeast of Llantwit Major. Greenlands and St Mary Church lie to the north by road from Eglwys Brewis. The village consists primarily of residential estates which were originally built in the mid-20th century for service families stationed at nearby RAF St Athan. The estates are regularly used by driving instructors in the Vale of Glamorgan. Nant y Stepsau flows in the vicinity.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Eglwys Brewis

9 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
    Old Beaupre Castle

    Old Beaupre Castle is a ruined medieval fortified manor house located in the community of Llanfair, outside Cowbridge in Wales. It is known in historic documents under the names Beawpire, Bewerpere, Bewpyr and Y Bewpur.

    2.8 km · fortified manor house in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Llandough Castle

    Llandough Castle is a 14th-century tower house located in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Initially constructed as a fortified residential manor, the property is well preserved and has undergone many structural additions.

    3.9 km · medieval tower house in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Tathan's Church

    St Tathan's Church is a medieval church in St. Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

    1.6 km · church in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    East Orchard Castle

    East Orchard Castle is a ruined building near St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, whose remains date mainly from the 14th century.

    2.5 km · ruined manor house near St Athan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Llanmihangel Place

    Llanmihangel Place is a Grade I listed manor house in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 16 December 1952.

    3.7 km · manor house in Llanmihangel, Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    South Wales Aviation Museum

    The South Wales Aviation Museum is an aviation museum in Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales on part of the former MOD St Athan.

    1 km · not for profit, aviation museum in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gileston Manor

    Gileston Manor is a manor and country house located in the small village of Gileston near St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

    2.4 km · Grade II* listed building in Gileston, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Llantwit Major Town Hall

    Llantwit Major Town Hall is a local government administrative building dating back to the late 15th century, in the town of Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    4 km · municipal Building in Llantwit Major, Wales · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    The Blue Anchor Inn

    The Blue Anchor Inn is a Grade II* listed inn in Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.

    3.8 km · Public house in 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.

Go there

Getting to Eglwys Brewis

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 6 km · Bristol (BRS), 50 km · Birmingham (BHX), 163 km
Stations
Llantwit Major railway station, 3.7 km · Aberthaw High Level railway station, 3.9 km · Aberthaw Low Level railway station, 3.9 km
  • Bristol → Eglwys Brewis
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
  • London → Eglwys Brewis
    230 km · quickest by road, 4h 22m · £25–33
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Eglwys Brewis
    159 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Eglwys Brewis

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

The nearest places where the work is done
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    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    90 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    169 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    469 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    476 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    512 km

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Around it

Next door to Eglwys Brewis

Eglwys Brewis is 19 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Llantwit Majortown and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3.3 km
  • Llanmaesvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.6 km
  • Llanfaircommunity in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.8 km
  • St Athanvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK1.5 km
  • Llandoughvillage near Cowbridge, Wales3.4 km
  • Flemingstonvillage in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales1.5 km