Whitchurch

Worth seeing in and around Whitchurch

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
   Cardiff University

   Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893.

   4 km · public research university in Cardiff, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Llandaff Cathedral

   Llandaff Cathedral is a Church in Wales cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, head of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.

   1.8 km · Anglican cathedral in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Castell 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.

   3.6 km · castle in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   SWALEC Stadium

   The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff, is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff.

   3.4 km · Cricket Stadium in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Diocese of Llandaff

   The Diocese of Llandaff is an Anglican diocese that traces its roots to pre-Reformation times as heir of a Catholic bishopric. It is headed by the Bishop of Llandaff, whose seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Llandaff, a suburb of Cardiff.

   1.8 km · Anglican Church in Wales diocese · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Glamorganshire Canal

   The Glamorganshire Canal in South Wales, UK, was begun in 1790. It ran along the valley of the River Taff from Merthyr Tydfil to the Bristol Channel at Cardiff.

   1.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Welsh National War Memorial

   The Welsh National War Memorial is situated in Alexandra Gardens, Cathays Park, Cardiff. The memorial was designed by Sir Ninian Comper and unveiled on 12 June 1928 by the Prince of Wales.

   4 km · Grade II* listed building in Cardiff. World War I and II memorial in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Broadcasting House

   Broadcasting House was the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales' radio, television and online services, situated in north Cardiff. The purpose-built facility opened in 1966 and consisted of three blocks containing studios, offices and technical facilities.

   1.6 km · building situated in north Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Bute Building

   The Bute Building is a Cardiff University building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. It houses the Welsh School of Architecture.

   3.9 km · Grade II listed building in Cardiff. University building in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Wales Genocide Memorial

    The Wales Genocide Memorial is a monument in the garden of the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, Wales, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide that took place in Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government against the Armenian population from 1915 to 1922.

    3.8 km · memorial 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.

Getting to Whitchurch

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 15 km · Bristol (BRS), 38 km · Birmingham (BHX), 145 km

Stations

Danescourt railway station, 1.5 km · Waun-gron Park railway station, 2.7 km · Fairwater railway station, 2.2 km · Llandaf railway station, 700 m · Coryton railway station, 1.2 km

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  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £7–9
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Whitchurch

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Whitchurch

  103 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £11–15
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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 Whitchurch. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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