Pendoylan
Pendoylan is a rural village and community (parish) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

Pendoylan is a rural village and community (parish) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village has won many awards in Best Kept Village competitions and contains 27 entries in the council's County Treasures database, 13 of which are listed buildings.
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Worth seeing in and around Pendoylan
5 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.
- 01Hensol Castle
Hensol Castle is a castellated mansion in the Gothic Revival style dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, now a wedding and conference venue for The Vale Resort. It is located north of Clawdd Coch and Tredodridge in the community of Pendoylan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
2.6 km · mansion in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Church Of St Donat
St Donat's Church is a Grade I listed church in Welsh St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 28 January 1963.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Castle Farmhouse
Castle Farmhouse is a medieval farmhouse in St Georges super Ely, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Its origins are as part of the Norman castle of the Le Flemings, after which it declined in status, first to a manor house, and subsequently to a farmstead.
3.9 km · farmhouse in St Georges Super Ely, Glamorgan; converted from medieval castle · Wikipedia - 04St-y-Nyll
St-y-Nyll is a large detached house near the village of St. Brides-super-Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan.
4 km · Grade II listed building in Vale of Glamorgan. In a commanding position on a south facing slope N of St Bride's-super-Ely, close to the listed windmill to E, surrounded by gardens and reached by a drive. · Wikipedia - 05Miskin Manor
Miskin Manor is a Victorian manor house built in 1864 in a Tudor style, situated in the village of Miskin in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. The estate was owned by the Williams family including Rhys Rhys-Williams for many years who were descended from the Welsh bard David Williams.
3.6 km · Grade II listed building in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Located in extensive grounds SE of Miskin village and reached by private drive on the W side on the A4119. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pendoylan
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 9 km · Bristol (BRS), 46 km · Birmingham (BHX), 154 km
- Bristol → Pendoylan53 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–10
- London → Pendoylan224 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · £23–30
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Pendoylan149 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £17–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pendoylan
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 Pendoylan. 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 Pendoylan
Pendoylan is 12 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Peterston-super-Elyvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.2 km
- Welsh St Donatsvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3.3 km
- St Georges-super-Elyvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales3.9 km
- St Nicholas and Bonvilstoncommunity in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales3.4 km
- Bonvilstonvillage in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.6 km
- Tredodridgehamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK1 km