Llantwit Major

Worth seeing in and around Llantwit Major

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
   UWC Atlantic College

   United World College of the Atlantic, formerly Atlantic College, is a private boarding school in Llantwit Major in Wales. Founded in 1962, it was the first of the United World Colleges and was among the first educational institutions in the world to follow an international curriculum.

   3.4 km · independent (private) residential Sixth Form College in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Donat's Castle

   St Donat's Castle, St Donats, Wales, is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 16 miles to the west of Cardiff, and about 1+1⁄2 miles to the west of Llantwit Major. Positioned on cliffs overlooking the Bristol Channel, the site has been occupied since the Iron Age, and was by tradition the home of the Celtic chieftain Caradog.

   3.4 km · castle in St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Illtyd's Church

   St Illtyd's Church is a church complex in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales. It is located at the site of the oldest college in the United Kingdom, once believed to have been founded as Côr Tewdws c.

   300 m · church in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   College of Theodosius

   Côr Tewdws or Bangor Tewdws is a fictional Romano-British ecclesiastical college that in the 18th and 19th centuries was understood to have been the predecessor of the historically attested 6th century College and Abbey of Saint Illtud at what is now Llantwit Major in Glamorgan in Wales. The supposed Roman college is believed to have been invented by the historian of ill-repute, Edward Williams, more generally known as Iolo Morganwg.

   300 m · fictional ecclesiastical college in South Wales · 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.

   3.2 km · manor house in Llanmihangel, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church Of St Donat

   St Donat's Church is a Grade I listed church in St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963.

   3.5 km · grade I listed building in Vale of Glamorgan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   300 m · municipal Building in Llantwit Major, Wales · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   3.4 km · not for profit, aviation museum in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Llantwit Major Roman Villa

   The Llantwit Major Roman Villa was a Roman L-shaped courtyard villa located at what is now Caermead, immediately north of the town of Llantwit Major in the Welsh county of South Glamorgan. The villa was first discovered in 1887 and was fully excavated in 1938-39 and 1948.

   1.3 km · building in grid reference , United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Llantwit Major

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Cardiff (CWL), 10 km · Bristol (BRS), 53 km · Birmingham (BHX), 166 km

Stations

Llantwit Major railway station, 300 m

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  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £9–12
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  233 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · £25–33
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Llantwit Major

  161 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £18–24
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