Penmaen, Caerphilly
Penmaen is a hamlet and community in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Penmaen is a hamlet and community in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is situated in the Sirhowy valley, 3 miles (4.8 km) East of Blackwood. It is contiguous with, if not completely encompassed by, the larger village of Oakdale, which forms most of the community urban area.
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Worth seeing in and around Penmaen, Caerphilly
4 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.
- 01Aberbargoed 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.
2.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 02Gelli-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.
2.9 km · Grade II* listed building in Caerphilly · Wikipedia - 03Pen-y-fan Pond
Pen-y-fan Pond is a man-made reservoir in South Wales built around 1794-6 as part of the engineering works for the Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire Canal. The reservoir was used to maintain the water level in the canal.
3.2 km · reservoir in South Wales · Wikipedia - 04Crumlin Arm
The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire canal is part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal network in South Wales. It connected Crumlin and its tramways to the Docks at Newport.
3.2 km · branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Penmaen, Caerphilly
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 32 km · Bristol (BRS), 45 km · Birmingham (BHX), 131 km
- Stations
- Gilfach Fargoed railway station, 3.6 km · Pengam railway station, 3.5 km · Newbridge railway station, 2.6 km · Treowen Halt railway station, 2.2 km · Abercarn railway station, 3.7 km
- Bristol → Penmaen, Caerphilly47 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Penmaen, Caerphilly125 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £14–19
- London → Penmaen, Caerphilly212 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Penmaen, Caerphilly
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 Penmaen, Caerphilly. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is an international airport at Cardiff and a small airport serving private planes at Swansea There are regular car ferry services from Ireland to Fishguard and Pembroke.
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Penmaen, Caerphilly is 21 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.