St Donats

Worth seeing in and around St Donats

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
   UWC Atlantic College

   United World College of the Atlantic, formerly Atlantic College, is a private boarding school in Llantwit Major in Wales. Founded in 1962, it was the first of the United World Colleges and was among the first educational institutions in the world to follow an international curriculum.

   500 m · independent (private) residential Sixth Form College in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Donat's Castle

   St Donat's Castle, St Donats, Wales, is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 16 miles to the west of Cardiff, and about 1+1⁄2 miles to the west of Llantwit Major. Positioned on cliffs overlooking the Bristol Channel, the site has been occupied since the Iron Age, and was by tradition the home of the Celtic chieftain Caradog.

   500 m · castle in St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Nash Point

   Nash Point is a headland and beach in the Monknash Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, about a mile from Marcross. It is a popular location for ramblers and hiking along the cliffs to Llantwit Major beach.

   2.2 km · headland and beach in the Monknash Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Nash Point Lighthouse

   Lighthouse, Grade II listed building in St Donats, Wales; situated on the cliff-top at Nash Point in a walled enclosure

   1.6 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Illtyd's Church

   St Illtyd's Church is a church complex in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales. It is located at the site of the oldest college in the United Kingdom, once believed to have been founded as Côr Tewdws c.

   3 km · church in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of the Holy Trinity

   Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I-listed church in Marcross, a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It received its status as a Grade I-listed building on 22 February 1963.

   1.6 km · church in Marcross, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church Of St Donat

   St Donat's Church is a Grade I listed church in St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963.

   500 m · grade I listed building in Vale of Glamorgan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   College of Theodosius

   Côr Tewdws or Bangor Tewdws is a fictional Romano-British ecclesiastical college that in the 18th and 19th centuries was understood to have been the predecessor of the historically attested 6th century College and Abbey of Saint Illtud at what is now Llantwit Major in Glamorgan in Wales. The supposed Roman college is believed to have been invented by the historian of ill-repute, Edward Williams, more generally known as Iolo Morganwg.

   3 km · fictional ecclesiastical college in South Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Old Nash Point Lighthouse

   Nash Point is a headland and beach in the Monknash Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, about a mile from Marcross. It is a popular location for ramblers and hiking along the cliffs to Llantwit Major beach.

   1.9 km · lighthouse, Grade II listed building in St Donats, Wales; situated on the cliff-top at Nash Point in a walled enclosure · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Nash Lighthouse Meadow

    Nash Lighthouse Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest near St Donats in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It is 1.6 hectares in area, along the coastline, and includes the Nash Point Lighthouse.

    1.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to St Donats

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 13 km · Bristol (BRS), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 169 km

Stations

Llantwit Major railway station, 3.4 km

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  65 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £9–13
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  236 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · £25–33
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → St Donats

  164 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · £19–25
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