Hafodyrynys

Worth seeing in and around Hafodyrynys

6 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
   Mynydd Twyn-glas

   Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge, and forms a rolling plateau, the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many cloaked with conifer plantations.

   3.4 km · hill (472m) on the boundary of Caerphilly and Torfaen, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Illtyd's Motte

   St Illtyd's Motte, also known as St Illtyd Castle Mound, is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was probably destroyed by Llywelyn the Great in the early thirteenth century and not rebuilt.

   3.2 km · castle in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Illtyd's Church

   St Illtyd's Church is a deconsecrated church in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. A Grade II* listed building, it is the oldest standing building in the county borough.

   3.2 km · church in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Crumlin Arm

   The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire canal is part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal network in South Wales. It connected Crumlin and its tramways to the Docks at Newport.

   1.3 km · branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal · Wikipedia
5. 05
   The Guardian Of The Valleys

   The Guardian is a 20 m tall statue overlooking Parc Arael Griffin, the landscaped former Six Bells Colliery site, in the South Wales mining town of Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. It was designed and created by artist Sebastien Boyesen.

   4 km · mining memorial statue · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Pen-y-fan Pond

   Pen-y-fan Pond is a man-made reservoir in South Wales built around 1794-6 as part of the engineering works for the Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire Canal. The reservoir was used to maintain the water level in the canal.

   3.5 km · reservoir in South Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hafodyrynys

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 36 km · Bristol (BRS), 44 km · Birmingham (BHX), 127 km

Stations

Llanhilleth railway station, 2.2 km · Newbridge railway station, 2.6 km · Aberbeeg railway station, 3.4 km · Treowen Halt railway station, 2.8 km · Abercarn railway station, 3.9 km

• Bristol → Hafodyrynys

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £6–8
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Hafodyrynys

  122 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £14–18
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• London → Hafodyrynys

  208 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · £21–29
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