Pengam

Worth seeing in and around Pengam

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.

1. 01
   Gelli-groes Mill

   Gelligroes Mill is a water-powered corn mill in Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly county borough, South Wales, designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1962. The mill is equipped with an overshot wheel with a cast iron frame and wooden buckets.

   3.1 km · Grade II* listed building in Caerphilly · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Aberbargoed Grasslands

   Aberbargoed Grasslands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Rhymney Valley in Mid & South Glamorgan, South Wales. The area was designated a national nature reserve in 2012 largely due to its population of marsh fritillary butterflies.

   2.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Catwg's Church

   St Catwg's Church, Gelligaer, is a listed place of worship in the community of Gelligaer in Caerphilly, South Wales.

   2.2 km · church in Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pengam

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 31 km · Bristol (BRS), 47 km · Birmingham (BHX), 133 km

Stations

Ystrad Mynach railway station, 3.3 km · Bargoed railway station, 3 km · Hengoed railway station, 2.2 km · Gilfach Fargoed railway station, 2.1 km · Pengam railway station, 900 m

• Bristol → Pengam

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–9
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Pengam

  128 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £15–20
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• London → Pengam

  215 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · £23–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pengam

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

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