Old St Mellons
Old St Mellons is a village and community on the eastern edge of Cardiff, Wales.
Old St Mellons is a village and community on the eastern edge of Cardiff, Wales. Lying to the east of the Rhymney River, it forms part of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is separated from the modern St Mellons suburb by the main road to Newport – the Newport Road (B4487) – and which was formerly the A48 road.
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Worth seeing in and around Old St Mellons
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.
- 01Caer Castell
Caer Castell Camp, also known as Caer Castell Ring Motte, is a medieval motte and ditch in Rumney in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument.
1.5 km · motte-and-bailey castle in St Mellons, Cardiff, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 02Lisvane Reservoir
Lisvane Reservoir at Lisvane, Cardiff, south Wales is one of several reservoirs constructed as part of the Taff Fawr scheme for supplying water to Cardiff, completed in 1886. It is adjacent to Llanishen Reservoir and forms part of the Nant Fawr Corridor from the top of Roath Park to the countryside beyond Cyncoed.
4 km · reservoir in Cardiff, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mellon's Church
St Mellons Parish Church, also previously called St Melan's church, is a Church in Wales parish church in the Diocese of Monmouth in Old St Mellons, Cardiff, Wales. It was built around the 13th century and is a Grade I listed building.
400 m · church in St Mellons, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia - 04St Denys Church
The Church of St Denys is an Anglican church in the suburb of Lisvane, Cardiff. The church is ancient in origin, though the present building dates largely from the nineteenth century.
4 km · church in Lisvane, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia - 05St Edeyrn's Church
St Edeyrn's Church is a listed Anglican church within the boundary of Old St Mellons, Cardiff, though giving its name to the nearby area of Llanedeyrn.
900 m · church in Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Llanrumney Hall
Llanrumney Hall is Grade II* listed building in Llanrumney, Cardiff, Wales. The Elizabethan mansion was built in 1450, rebuilt in 1852 and refurbished around 1900.
1.5 km · Grade II* listed building in Cardiff · Wikipedia - 07St Augustine's Church
St Augustine's Church, Rumney, is a listed place of worship in the Cardiff suburb of Rumney. The church falls under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the diocese of Monmouth.
3.1 km · church in Rumney, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia - 08Cefn Mably House
Cefn Mably House is a mansion situated in Cefn Mably, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.3 km · historic country house in Wales · Wikipedia - 09Rumney Quarry
Rhymney Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Rumney, Cardiff, Wales. The area is a disused quarry which shows facies of the Wenlock Group.
3.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Old St Mellons
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 22 km · Bristol (BRS), 32 km · Birmingham (BHX), 139 km
- Stations
- Marshfield railway station, 3.7 km · Cardiff Parkway railway station, 2.5 km
- London → Old St Mellons207 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · £21–28
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Old St Mellons135 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £15–20
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Old St Mellons207 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · £22–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Old St Mellons
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 Old St Mellons. 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 Old St Mellons
Old St Mellons is 7 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Llanrumneydistrict and community of Cardiff1.3 km
- Marshfieldvillage and community in Newport, Wales3 km
- Lisvanedistrict and community of Cardiff, Wales4 km
- Trowbridgesuburb and community in Cardiff, Wales1.8 km
- Cyncoedsuburb and community in Cardiff, Wales3.7 km
- Pentwyndistrict and community of Cardiff, Wales1.5 km