Penmark
Penmark is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in South Wales.

Penmark is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in South Wales. The village is a parish and is a linear village. It has a parish church along the main road running through the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Penmark
7 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.
- 01Fonmon Castle
Fonmon Castle is a fortified medieval castle near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan and a Grade I listed building. The castle's gardens are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
1.3 km · castle near Fonmon, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia - 02East Orchard Castle
East Orchard Castle is a ruined building near St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, whose remains date mainly from the 14th century.
3.1 km · ruined manor house near St Athan · Wikipedia - 03Porthkerry Viaduct
Porthkerry Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The viaduct was designed and engineered by James Szlumper and William Szlumper, and was contracted to the Pethick Brothers to be built in the late nineteenth century in order to carry the Vale of Glamorgan Railway between Tondu via Coity Junction Bridgend and Barry Docks.
3.2 km · grade II listed bridge in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St Cadoc's Church
St Cadoc's Church, Llancarfan is a church in Llancarfan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It dates from the 13th century and has been a Grade I listed building since 28 January 1963.
1.5 km · church in Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Lidmore
Lidmore or Lydmore is a small hamlet and farm in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is located just off the A4226 road, to the northwest of Highlight Park in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and in close proximity to Brynhill Golf Club.
3.7 km · Grade II listed building in Vale of Glamorgan · Wikipedia - 06The Blue Anchor Inn
The Blue Anchor Inn is a Grade II* listed inn in Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.
3.2 km · Public house in Wales · Wikipedia - 07Nant Whitton Woodlands
Nant Whitton Woodlands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The site is a narrow strip of woodland on a Liassic limestone slope in the Vale of Glamorgan.
2.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Penmark
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 2 km · Bristol (BRS), 44 km · Birmingham (BHX), 160 km
- Stations
- Cardiff Airport, 1.8 km · Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station, 2.7 km · Aberthaw High Level railway station, 3.3 km · Aberthaw Low Level railway station, 3.4 km
- Bristol → Penmark53 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £8–11
- London → Penmark224 km · quickest by road, 4h 14m · £24–32
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Penmark155 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Penmark
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 Penmark. 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 Penmark
Penmark is 14 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rhoosevillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.3 km
- Llancarfanvillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales1.1 km
- Llancadlevillage in Wales2.2 km
- Moultonhamlet in Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Aberthawvillage in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3.2 km
- Boys Villagea village located in Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom3.6 km