Llancaiach
Llancaiach is a hamlet just north of the village of Nelson, Caerphilly, Wales.

Llancaiach is a hamlet just north of the village of Nelson, Caerphilly, Wales. It is close to Llancaiach Fawr Manor, a Tudor manor house and living history museum.
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Worth seeing in and around Llancaiach
One place 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.
- 01St Catwg's Church
St Catwg's Church, Gelligaer, is a listed place of worship in the community of Gelligaer in Caerphilly, South Wales.
2.4 km · church in Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Llancaiach
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 29 km · Bristol (BRS), 50 km · Birmingham (BHX), 137 km
- Stations
- Abercynon railway station, 3.5 km · Ystrad Mynach railway station, 3.5 km · Quakers Yard railway station, 2.7 km · Pengam railway station, 4 km · Abercynon North railway station, 3.3 km
- Bristol → Llancaiach53 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Llancaiach131 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £16–22
- London → Llancaiach219 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · £23–31
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Llancaiach
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 Llancaiach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is an international airport at Cardiff and a small airport serving private planes at Swansea There are regular car ferry services from Ireland to Fishguard and Pembroke.
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Next door to Llancaiach
Llancaiach is 21 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Abercynonvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales3.3 km
- Penpedairheolvillage in Caerphilly, Wales, UK3.1 km
- Quakers Yardvillage in Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Trelewisvillage in Wales1.4 km
- Carnetownsuburb in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales3.9 km
- Pentwyn Deintyrvillage in Wales3.2 km