Lavernock
Lavernock is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast 7 miles (11 km) south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.

Lavernock is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast 7 miles (11 km) south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.
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Worth seeing in and around Lavernock
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.
- 01Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
Cosmeston Lakes Country Park is a public country park in Wales, owned and managed by Vale of Glamorgan Council. It is situated between Penarth and Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, 7.3 miles from Cardiff.
1.4 km · country park in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Penarth Coast
Penarth Coast is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The coastline contains dinosaur fossils.
1.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 03St Augustine's Church
St Augustine's Church is a Grade I-listed Gothic Revival nineteenth-century parish church in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
3.8 km · church in Penarth, south Wales · Wikipedia - 04Penarth Pier
Penarth Pier is a Victorian era pier in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. The pier was opened in 1898 and was a popular attraction to seaside-goers at the time, who also enjoyed trips on pleasure steamers that operated from the pier.
3.2 km · pier in Penarth, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Cog Moors
Cog Moors is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales.
3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 06Turner House Gallery
Turner House Gallery is an art gallery and multi-purpose cultural venue in Penarth, near Cardiff, Wales.
3.2 km · Grade II listed building in Vale of Glamorgan. Art gallery in Penarth, south Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lavernock
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 12 km · Bristol (BRS), 32 km · Birmingham (BHX), 152 km
- Stations
- Penarth railway station, 3.2 km · Dingle Road railway station, 3.7 km · Alberta Place Halt railway station, 2.6 km
- London → Lavernock20 km · quickest by road, 1h · £2.5–3
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Lavernock53 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £6–8
- Luton, Luton → Lavernock60 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lavernock
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 Lavernock. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextIt is possible to visit Hereford as a day trip, using either train or car.
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Next door to Lavernock
Lavernock is 8 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Penarthtown and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales3.2 km
- Sullyvillage in the community of Sully and Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.6 km
- Sully and Lavernockcommunity in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.2 km
- Cosmeston Medieval Villagemedieval village in south Wales1.1 km