Craig y Llyn

#1372 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated to the south of the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley on the south side of the upper Vale of Neath and north of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales; it is the highest point in the traditional county of Glamorgan, and the South Wales Valleys. ()

Elevation: 1969 ftProminence: 1286 ftCoordinates: 51°42'59"N, 3°35'2"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Craig y Llyn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Melincourt Falls, Aberdare Park, Llyn Fawr, Dinas Rock.

5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Melincourt Falls, Neath
130 min walk • Melincourt Falls is an 80 feet high waterfall on Melin Court Brook, a left-bank tributary of the River Neath / Afon Nedd, located 1-mile south of Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, south Wales.
5.4 miE
Neighbourhood, Park
Aberdare Park, Aberdare
138 min walk • Aberdare Park is a well-preserved Victorian public park located in the village of Trecynon, near the town of Aberdare in South Wales.
0.7 miE
Lake, Archaeological site
Llyn Fawr
18 min walk • Llyn Fawr is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, South Wales.
3.1 miN
Climbing
Dinas Rock, Brecon Beacons
79 min walk • Dinas Rock is a high promontory of Carboniferous Limestone which rises between the Afon Mellte and its left-bank tributary, the Afon Sychryd on the border between the county of Powys and the county borough of Neath Port Talbot in south Wales.
5.2 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Parc and Dare Hall
132 min walk • The Parc and Dare Hall, now known as the Park and Dare Theatre, is a former Miners' institute but now serves as a large entertainment venue in the village of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley of Wales.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Waterfall Country, Neath
60 min walk • Waterfall Country is an English name often given to the Vale of Neath in South Wales. The tourist area around the head of valley has an unusually large number of publicly accessible waterfalls.
4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Penderyn, Brecon Beacons
102 min walk • Moel Penderyn is a hill on the edge of Penderyn village, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales. It also appeared on older maps as 'Y Foel Penderyn'. Its summit at 371m is marked by a trig point.
3.9 miE
Park
Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare
101 min walk • Dare Valley Country Park is a public park in Wales. It lies near the village of Cwmdare and the town of Aberdare, Cynon Valley, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. It comprises 500 acres of woodlands, pasture and moorland mountainside. It is maintained by the local Council, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
2.8 miN
Park
Fforest Fawr Geopark
71 min walk • Fforest Fawr Geopark is a Geopark in the Brecon Beacons National Park, south Wales. It is the first designated Geopark in Wales having gained membership of both the European Geoparks Network and the UNESCO-assisted Global Network of National Geoparks in October 2005.
2.9 miNW
Church
St Cadoc's Church
76 min walk • St. Cadoc's Church is a Church in Wales church in Glynneath, Wales. It is located in the grounds of the now derelict Aberpergwm House for which it was an estate church.
5.4 miE
Church
Ebenezer, Aberdare
139 min walk • Ebenezer, Trecynon was an Independent chapel in Ebenezer Street, Trecynon, Aberdare, Wales. It was one of the earliest Independent chapels in the Cynon Valley and remained an active place of worship until 2009.