Mynydd Machen

#2890 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mynydd Machen is a 362-metre-high hill lying between the town of Risca and the village of Machen in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast. ()

Elevation: 1188 ftProminence: 607 ftCoordinates: 51°36'13"N, 3°7'19"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Mynydd Machen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Twmbarlwm, Fourteen Locks, Ruperra Castle, St James's Church.

2 miNE
Mountain, Park, Trail
Twmbarlwm, Caerphilly
51 min walk • Twmbarlwm, also known as Twm Barlwm, Twyn Barlwm or locally known as "the Twmp", the Nipple or the Pimple because of the mound that lies at its summit, is a hill situated 2 km to the northeast of Risca in South Wales.
3.5 miE
Museum, Visitor center
Fourteen Locks, Newport
90 min walk • Fourteen Locks is a series of locks, also known as the Cefn Flight, on the Crumlin arm of the Monmouthshire Canal at Rogerstone in Newport, South Wales. The flight of locks was completed in 1799 and raises the water level 160 ft in just 800 yd.
2.3 miS
Ruins of a 17th-century manor house
Ruperra Castle, Caerphilly
59 min walk • Ruperra Castle or Rhiwperra Castle is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, situated in Lower Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in 1626, now it is in a ruined condition.
2.9 miSW
Church
St James's Church
74 min walk • St James's Church, Rudry is an historic Anglican church in the village of Rudry in the Diocese of Monmouth.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig Llysfaen, Cardiff
96 min walk • Craig Llysfaen is a prominent hill of 265 m above sea level, overlooking Cardiff, some 7 miles north of the city centre. The views include Newport City, the two Severn bridges to the east, Pen Y Fan and the Brecon Beacons to the north and Cardiff City to the south.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd y Grug
75 min walk • Mynydd y Grug is a hill lying just west of the village of Cwmfelinfach and about 4 km to the northeast of Caerphilly in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales.
1 miNE
Church
Saint Mary & Saint Philopateer Abu Saifain Coptic Orthodox Church, Newport
27 min walk • St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales, at St Mary Street in Risca, Newport, Wales.
3.6 miS
51°33'8"N • 3°6'34"W
Cefn Mably Farm Park, Cardiff
92 min walk • Park, Farm, Game and entertainment center
2.8 miSE
Church
Rhiwderin Congregational Chapel, Newport
71 min walk • Rhiwderin Congregational Chapel is a Nonconformist chapel in Rhiwderin, Newport, Wales. The chapel was founded in 1872, originally meeting in a stable nearby. In the following decade, Viscount Tredegar donated land on which the chapel was built in 1884. The schoolroom followed in 1903–4.
2.6 miN
Church
English Baptist Church
66 min walk • The English Baptist Church is a Grade II-listed Baptist church in the town of Abercarn, Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century to give the Baptists a church of their own. The building was extensively remodelled later in the century.
4.3 miN
51°39'53"N • 3°8'45"W
THE Newbridge Hotel, Newbridge
111 min walk • Universities and schools