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Llandough, Penarth

Llandough is a village, community and electoral ward in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south west of Cardiff city centre, and approximately 1.3 miles (2 km) north west of Penarth.

Llandough, Penarth
Llandough, Penarth · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Llandough is a village, community and electoral ward in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south west of Cardiff city centre, and approximately 1.3 miles (2 km) north west of Penarth.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Llandough, Penarth

10 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
    Millennium Stadium

    The Millennium Stadium, known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales in Cardiff. It has a retractable roof and a usual capacity of 73,931.

    3.4 km · national stadium of Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cardiff City Stadium

    Cardiff City Stadium is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City and the Wales national team.

    2.7 km · Stadium in Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cardiff Castle

    Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort.

    3.8 km · castle in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ninian Park

    Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales, that was the home of Cardiff City for 99 years. Opened in 1910 with a single wooden stand, it underwent numerous renovations during its lifespan and hosted fixtures with over 60,000 spectators in attendance.

    2.9 km · stadium in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral

    The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David, also known as St David's Cathedral, Cardiff, is a Catholic cathedral in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales, and is the centre of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia. Located in Charles Street, the cathedral remains the focal point for Catholic life in Cardiff, and the country as a whole.

    3.9 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    University of South Wales

    The University of South Wales is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.

    3.9 km · university in Wales · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Pierhead Building

    The Pierhead Building is a Grade I listed building in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It was built in 1897 as the headquarters for the Bute Dock Company.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed building in Cardiff. Building in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St David's Hall

    St David's Hall is a performing arts and conference venue in the heart of Cardiff, Wales. St David's Hall is the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales.

    3.7 km · concert hall in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Senedd building

    The Senedd building, in Cardiff, houses the debating chamber and three committee rooms of the Senedd. The 5,308-square-metre Senedd building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 1 March 2006, Saint David's Day, and the total cost was £69.6 million, which included £49.7 million in construction costs.

    2.9 km · building housing the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Norwegian Church

    The Norwegian Church Arts Centre is a point of cultural and historical interest located in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It was a Lutheran Church, consecrated in 1868.

    2.7 km · church in Cardiff Bay, Wales, United Kingdom, now an arts centre · 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 Llandough, Penarth

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 12 km · Bristol (BRS), 34 km · Birmingham (BHX), 149 km
Stations
Cardiff Central railway station, 3.2 km · Penarth railway station, 2.2 km · Ninian Park railway station, 3 km · Cogan railway station, 600 m · Grangetown railway station, 2.1 km
  • London → Llandough, Penarth
    230 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · £24–32
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llandough, Penarth
    156 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £18–24
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Llandough, Penarth
    229 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · £25–34
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Llandough, Penarth

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextIt is possible to visit Hereford as a day trip, using either train or car.

From Wikivoyage: Cardiff, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    107 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    157 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    477 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    481 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    512 km

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

Around it

Next door to Llandough, Penarth

Llandough, Penarth is 4 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Cardiffcapital city of Wales, United Kingdom3.8 km
  • Penarthtown and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales2.1 km
  • Dinas Powysvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2 km
  • Butetowndistrict and community in Cardiff, Wales2.9 km
  • Grangetowndistrict and community of Cardiff, Wales2.2 km
  • Riversidedistrict of Cardiff, Wales3.4 km