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St Andrews Major

St Andrews Major is a village and parish in the community of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Barry and Cardiff in south-eastern Wales.

St Andrews Major
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The place

St Andrews Major is a village and parish in the community of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Barry and Cardiff in south-eastern Wales.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around St Andrews Major

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.

  1. 01
    Jenner Park Stadium

    Jenner Park is the premier sports stadium in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and traditional home of football club, Barry Town United.

    3.2 km · Stadium in Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dovecote At Cadoxton Court, Mount Pleasant, Cadoxton

    Cadoxton Court Dovecote is a medieval structure in Cadoxton, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Dating from the 13th century, it is the largest of the remaining medieval dovecotes in the Vale and a Grade I listed building.

    2.9 km · Grade I listed building in Vale of Glamorgan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Mary the Virgin Church

    St Mary the Virgin Church is a deconsecrated and ruined church in the parish of Caerau with Ely, Cardiff, Wales. It was built in the 13th century on a Roman encampment and closed for the last time in 1973.

    3.6 km · church in Caerau, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Copthorne Hotel, Cardiff

    Copthorne Hotel Cardiff‍—‌Caerdydd is a four star hotel in Culverhouse Cross, a western suburb of Cardiff, capital of Wales. The hotel is operated by Millennium & Copthorne.

    3.8 km · building in Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Goldsland

    Goldsland is a small hamlet and farm in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is located near the boundary of the Wenvoe Castle Golf Club in the parish of Wenvoe.

    2.6 km · cave in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Barry Council Office and Library

    Barry Council Office and Library is a local government building and public library located in King Square, Barry, Wales. The building, which was once the meeting place of Barry Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.7 km · public library and town hall in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Michael's Church

    St Michael's Church is a Grade I listed church in Michaelston-le-Pit, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 28 January 1963.

    2 km · church in Michaelston-le-Pit, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Cog Moors

    Cog Moors is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales.

    2.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Cwm Cydfin

    Cwm Cydfin, Leckwith is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, South Wales. It is a mixed deciduous woodland near the village of Leckwith, near the River Ely on the outskirts of Cardiff.

    3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Pont y Werin

    Pont y Werin is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge spanning the River Ely between Cardiff Bay and Penarth, Wales. Costing approximately £4.5 million, Pont y Werin crosses between the Cardiff International Sports Village and Penarth, allowing the public to travel to the Sports Village via Cogan railway station.

    4 km · pedestrian and cycle bridge in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to St Andrews Major

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 8 km · Bristol (BRS), 37 km · Birmingham (BHX), 153 km
Stations
Barry Docks railway station, 4 km · Cogan railway station, 3.8 km · Cadoxton railway station, 2.7 km · Dinas Powys railway station, 1.6 km · Eastbrook railway station, 2.4 km
  • London → St Andrews Major
    565 km · quickest by air, 7h 18m · £220–330
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → St Andrews Major
    433 km · quickest by air, 6h 22m · £180–270
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → St Andrews Major
    391 km · quickest by air, 6h 50m · £200–290
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for St Andrews Major

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 St Andrews Major. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextIt is possible to visit Hereford as a day trip, using either train or car.

From Wikivoyage: Cardiff, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    103 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    159 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    477 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    479 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    513 km

If you know how people move in St Andrews Major – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to St Andrews Major

St Andrews Major is 6 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Barrytown and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales3.7 km
  • Dinas Powysvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales1.9 km
  • Wenvoevillage and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.6 km
  • Sullyvillage in the community of Sully and Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales3.6 km
  • Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwithcommunity in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.4 km
  • Llandoughvillage and community near Penarth, in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales3.4 km