Pontllanfraith
Pontllanfraith is a large village and community located in the Sirhowy Valley in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Pontllanfraith is a large village and community located in the Sirhowy Valley in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is situated adjacent to the town of Blackwood, with the Sirhowy River passing through both locations. The village includes the communities of the Penllwyn, Springfield and The Bryn. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 8,552.
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Worth seeing in and around Pontllanfraith
2 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.
- 01Gelli-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.
1 km · Grade II* listed building in Caerphilly · Wikipedia - 02Aberbargoed 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.
3.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pontllanfraith
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 30 km · Bristol (BRS), 45 km · Birmingham (BHX), 133 km
- Stations
- Ystrad Mynach railway station, 3.7 km · Hengoed railway station, 2.4 km · Pengam railway station, 3.1 km · Newbridge railway station, 3.7 km · Maesycwmmer railway station, 2.3 km
- Bristol → Pontllanfraith47 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Pontllanfraith128 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £15–19
- London → Pontllanfraith213 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · £22–30
- 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 Pontllanfraith
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 Pontllanfraith. 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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If you know how people move in Pontllanfraith – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Pontllanfraith
Pontllanfraith is 19 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Penybrynvillage in Caerphilly, Wales, UK4 km