Pentyrch
Pentyrch is a village and community located on the western outskirts of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
Pentyrch is a village and community located on the western outskirts of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The village gives its name to a Cardiff local authority electoral ward, Pentyrch, which covers the village and immediate surrounding area. The Pentyrch community includes the neighbouring village of Creigiau and Gwaelod y Garth. People living in Pentyrch are commonly known as "Pentyrchians".
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Worth seeing in and around Pentyrch
10 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.
- 01Castell Coch
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the River Taff.
3.1 km · castle in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Morganstown Castle Mound
Morganstown Castle Mound, also known as Morganstown Motte, is a medieval motte in the community of Morganstown in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument.
2.7 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Cardiff, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 03Castell Coch Woodlands and Road Section
Castell Coch Woodlands and Road Section is a Site of Special Scientific Interest to the north of Cardiff, Wales, significant for both its biological and geological interest. The SSSI covers an area of 17 hectares around the Victorian gothic castle of Castell Coch, 5 miles, 8 km north-west of Cardiff.
3.1 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cardiff, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 04Walnut Tree Viaduct
Walnut Tree Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the southern edge of the village of Taffs Well, South Wales. Originally built to carry the Barry Railway across a narrow gorge through which the River Taff, Taff Vale Railway and Cardiff Railway passed, it was deconstructed in 1969, leaving only two of the support columns visible from the A470 road.
2.6 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Gelynis farmhouse and attached cottage and stable
Gelynis Farmhouse is a 16th century farmhouse in Radyr, Cardiff, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3 km · Grade II* listed building in Cardiff · Wikipedia - 06Castell-y-mynach
Castell-y-mynach, is a 15th century manor house in Creigiau, Cardiff, Wales. One of the largest late-medieval houses in Glamorgan, it is a Grade II* listed building.
2.1 km · Grade II* listed building in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia - 07Craig-y-parc House
Craig-y-parc House is a country house in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales. Dating from 1914 to 1918, it was built for Thomas Evans, a colliery owner, by Charles Edward Mallows.
1.2 km · Grade II* listed building in Cardiff · Wikipedia - 08Ty Du Moor
Ty Du Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales.
2.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 09St-y-Nyll
St-y-Nyll is a large detached house near the village of St. Brides-super-Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan.
3.9 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 - 10Coed y Bedw
Coed y Bedw is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in near Gwaelod-y-Garth, within the boundaries of Cardiff in south Wales, it is 4.8 kilometres to the northwest of the city. It comprises 16.6 hectares of deciduous woodland and contains many rare plants which were purchased from the Forestry Commission by the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales in 1984 and is their nature reserve.
1.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pentyrch
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 15 km · Bristol (BRS), 43 km · Birmingham (BHX), 148 km
- Stations
- Taffs Well railway station, 2.7 km · Radyr railway station, 3.6 km · Creigiau railway station, 1.8 km
- Bristol → Pentyrch49 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–9
- London → Pentyrch219 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £22–30
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Pentyrch143 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £16–21
- 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 Pentyrch
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 Pentyrch. 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 Pentyrch
Pentyrch is 10 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tongwynlaisdistrict of Cardiff, Wales3.4 km
- Taff's Wellvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK2.6 km
- Radyr and Morganstowncommunity in Cardiff, Wales2.9 km
- Efail Isafvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK3 km
- Creigiauvillage in Cardiff, Wales2.1 km
- Groes-faenvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK3.1 km