Cefn Cil Sanws, Brecon Beacons

Name: Cefn Cil Sanws
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#75 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cefn Cil Sanws is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The summit at 460m above sea level is crowned by a trig point. The steep cliffs of Darren Fawr and Darren Fach defend its western side which drops down into Cwm Taf. A major limestone quarry is worked on the southeastern side of the hill. An unexpected feature at this altitude is Merthyr Tydfil Golf Course which extends high onto the eastern and southern slopes of the hill. ()

Coordinates: 51°46'56"N, 3°24'53"W

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Brecon Beacons United Kingdom

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Cefn Cil Sanws – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cyfarthfa Castle, Old Iron Bridge, Joseph Parry's Cottage, Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall.

2 miSE
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
53 min walk • Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The house commanded a view of the valley and the works, which ‘at night, offer a truly magnificent scene, resembling the fabled Pandemonium, but on which the eye may gaze with pleasure’.
2.8 miSE
Bridge
Old Iron Bridge, Merthyr Tydfil
72 min walk • The Old Iron Bridge of 1800, originally known simply as Merthyr Bridge before 1809, in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, was a cast-iron bridge across the River Taff.
2.5 miSE
Architecture, Museum, History museum
Joseph Parry's Cottage, Merthyr Tydfil
64 min walk • Joseph Parry's Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage located in Merthyr Tydfil, in South Wales. Built in the early 19th century for ironworkers, the cottage is best known as the birthplace of the famous Welsh composer Joseph Parry.
2.9 miSE
City hall
Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall, Merthyr Tydfil
74 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.
4.3 miS
Golf
Aberdare Golf Club, Aberdare
111 min walk • Aberdare Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Aberdare at Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was founded in 1921 as a parkland course at Abernant, about a mile from Aberdare and is an 18-hole golf course famous for its mature oak trees.
5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil
138 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.
1.6 miE
Historical place, Ruins, Forts and castles
Morlais Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
40 min walk • Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Not much remains today of the castle first begun by Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester on land claimed by Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.
2.6 miSE
Canal
Glamorganshire Canal, Merthyr Tydfil
66 min walk • 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 sea at Cardiff. The final section of canal was closed in 1951.
3 miSE
51°44'43"N • 3°22'47"W
St Tydfil Shopping Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
76 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.9 miSE
Church
Ynysgau Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil
73 min walk • Ynysgau Chapel was one of the earliest chapels in Merthyr Tydfil. The cause dated back to 1749 and services were held in the Welsh language. The chapel was demolished in 1967 as part of the Merthyr Town Improvement Scheme.
2.1 miSE
Bridge
Pont-y-Cafnau, Merthyr Tydfil
53 min walk • The Pont-y-Cafnau, sometimes written Pont y Cafnau or Pontycafnau, is a 14.2-metre long iron truss bridge over the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

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Police Station • Lines: Me27-1, Me27-3, Me27-4 (40 min walk)