Cefn y Brithdir

#5275 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cefn y Brithdir is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Rhymney Valley and Cwm Darran in the Valleys region of South Wales. It lies within the unitary area of Caerphilly. ()

Area: 118.02 acres (0.1844 mi²)Coordinates: 51°43'34"N, 3°15'40"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Cefn y Brithdir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pen-y-fan Pond, Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Bedwellty House and Park, Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall.

4.6 miSE
Park
Pen-y-fan Pond, Blackwood
117 min walk • Pen-y-fan Pond is a man-made reservoir in South Wales built around 1794-6 as part of the engineering works for the Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire Canal. The reservoir was used to maintain the water level in the canal.
4.6 miS
Historical place, Forts and castles, Entertainment
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Caerphilly
117 min walk • Llancaiach Fawr Manor is a Tudor manor house near the village of Nelson, located just to the north of the site of the former Llancaiach Colliery in the heart of the Rhymney Valley in South Wales.
3 miN
Park, History museum, Museum
Bedwellty House and Park, Tredegar
78 min walk • Bedwellty House is a Grade II-listed house and gardens in Tredegar, in the Sirhowy Valley in south-east Wales. It was built in the early 19th century on the site of an earlier building and subsequently enlarged into its present form by mid-century.
5.2 miW
City hall
Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall, Merthyr Tydfil
133 min walk • Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil
81 min walk • Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil attains a height of 445m at OS grid reference SO 079033 making it the high point of the broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale and Cwm Bargod in the Valleys region of South Wales.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Bedwellte
43 min walk • Mynydd Bedwellte is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Rhymney Valley and the Sirhowy Valley in the Valleys region of South Wales. It straddles the boundary of the unitary areas of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent.
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Rhymney Valley
61 min walk • The Rhymney Valley is one of the South Wales valleys, with the Rhymney River forming the border between the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Between 1974 and 1996 a Rhymney Valley local government district also existed.
4.8 miS
Church
St Anne's Church
123 min walk • St Anne's Church, Cefn Hengoed is a disused Church in Wales church in Cefn Hengoed, Caerphilly in South Wales. The church dates from 1939 and was founded by Reverend John Owen Williams, who had started a cottage Sunday school in Cefn Hengoed in 1931.
4.7 miNW
Church
St John's Church, Merthyr Tydfil
120 min walk • St John's Church is a defunct Grade II listed church in the village of Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. The church was built in 1827 for local ironworks manager Sir John Josiah Guest, at a cost of £3000. It was gradually completely rebuilt later in the century, in a Gothic style, finishing with the main nave and aisle in 1893/4.
5.1 miW
Synagogue, Gothic Revival architecture
Merthyr Synagogue, Merthyr Tydfil
129 min walk • The former Merthyr Synagogue is located on Bryntirion Road in the Thomastown section of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building and is the oldest purpose-built synagogue still standing in Wales.
5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Merthyr
128 min walk • Mynydd Merthyr is a broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale and the Cwm Cynon in the Valleys region of South Wales. It forms the boundary between the unitary authorities of Rhondda Cynon Taff to the west and Merthyr Tydfil to the east.