Porthkerry
Porthkerry is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Porthkerry is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies on the Bristol Channel coast of South Wales within the community of Rhoose between that village and the town of Barry to the east. It is very close to the end of the runway of Cardiff International Airport. To the east of the hamlet is Porthkerry Country Park which occupies the valley leading down to the coast.
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Getting to Porthkerry
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 2 km · Bristol (BRS), 42 km · Birmingham (BHX), 160 km
- Bristol → Porthkerry51 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £8–11
- London → Porthkerry17 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £2–2.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Porthkerry17 km · quickest by road, 42 min · £2–2.5
- 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 Porthkerry
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 Porthkerry. 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 Porthkerry
Porthkerry is 14 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.