Machen
Machen is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales.
Machen is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities. It lies on the Rhymney River. Mynydd Machen provides a view over the village. It is possible to walk up to and along the top of the mountain, where a number of large boulders are present.
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Worth seeing in and around Machen
3 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.
- 01Castell Machen
Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined.
1.4 km · ruined C13 castle in Graig, Newport, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 02Machen House
Machen House is a country house in the hamlet of Lower Machen, to the west of the city of Newport, Wales. The house was built in 1831 for the Rev.
1.9 km · house in Lower Machen, Newport, Wales · Wikipedia - 03Plas Machen
Plas Machen is a country house in the hamlet of Lower Machen, in Newport, Wales. The house was built in the late 15th-century and served as the seat of the Machen branch of the Morgan family of South Wales.
2.8 km · country house in Lower Machen, Newport, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Machen
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 26 km · Bristol (BRS), 38 km · Birmingham (BHX), 135 km
- Stations
- Crosskeys railway station, 2.9 km · Risca and Pontymister railway station, 3.3 km · Risca railway station, 3.1 km · Nine Mile Point railway station, 2 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Machen130 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £15–20
- London → Machen209 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £21–28
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Machen203 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £23–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Machen
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 Machen. 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 Machen
Machen is 13 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rudryvillage and community located to the east of Caerphilly in Wales3.8 km
- Risca Eastcommunity in Wales3.6 km
- Cwmfelinfachvillage in Caerphilly, Wales, UK3.6 km
- Wattsvillevillage in Caerphilly, Wales2.3 km
- Trethomasvillage in Caerphilly, Wales, UK2.8 km
- Lower Machenvillage in Newport, Wales1.9 km