Folly Tower, Brecon Beacons

Name: Folly Tower
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#44 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Forts and castles, Tower

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The Folly Tower is a folly located within the grounds of a working farm, close to Pontypool Park, Torfaen, South Wales. It is a prominent local landmark above the A4042 Pontypool to Abergavenny road and overlooks Pontypool to the west and rural Monmouthshire to the east. The Folly is octagonal in shape and roughly 40 ft high and is approximately 1,000 ft above sea level on the eastern hill range of the Eastern Valley of Monmouthshire, just south of Mynydd Garn-Wen. Less than a mile from the folly is the Shell Grotto. ()

Demolished: 1940Height: 40 ftCoordinates: 51°43'0"N, 3°1'17"W

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Folly Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cwmbran Centre, Pontypool Park, Alice Springs Golf Club, Torfaen Museum.

4.3 miS
Cinema, Shopping, Shopping centre
Cwmbran Centre, Cwmbran
110 min walk • Cwmbran Centre is a shopping centre, office and leisure complex in the town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales.
1.2 miSW
Park
Pontypool Park, Pontypool
31 min walk • Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware.
4.1 miNE
Golf
Alice Springs Golf Club
104 min walk • Alice Springs Golf Club - Now Closed is a former golf club based just outside Usk at Monmouthshire, Wales. Alice Springs was a 36-hole golf complex with 40 Buggys, all fitted with GPS systems. It was an all-weather course with no temporary greens.
1.2 miSW
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Torfaen Museum, Pontypool
31 min walk • Torfaen Museum – formerly the Valley Inheritance Museum and Amgueddfa Pontypool Museum – is an accredited museum located in Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales. It is managed by the Torfaen Museum Trust.
4.5 miN
Church
St Bartholomew's Church, Llanfoist
116 min walk • The Church of St Bartholomew, Llanover, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the period following the Norman Conquest.
4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Twyn-glas
103 min walk • Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge and taking the form of a rolling plateau the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many of which are cloaked with conifer plantations.
4.4 miS
51°39'14"N • 3°2'34"W
Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
114 min walk • Farm, Park
4.3 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Congress Theatre, Cwmbran
111 min walk • The Congress Theatre is the principal theatre in Torfaen. It is located in Cwmbran Centre, Cwmbran.
2.3 miS
Church
St Hilda's Church
58 min walk • St Hilda's Church is the Church in Wales parish church of Griffithstown in Torfaen in south-east Wales. The church stands on the corner of Kemys Street and Sunnybank Road.
4.6 miS
Museum, Art museum
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
118 min walk • Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre is located within a 19th-century Victorian manor house in Cwmbrân and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales. It presents exhibitions promoting the applied arts, and extensive education and participation schemes of work to the local community.
0.8 miNE
Church
Church of St Illtyd
22 min walk • The Church of St Illtyd, Mamhilad, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 11th century. Renovations took place in the 19th century and again in 1999–2000. It is a Grade II* listed building and an active parish church.