Rhymney Valley

#3998 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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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. The valley encompasses the villages of Abertysswg, Fochriw, Pontlottyn, Tir-Phil, New Tredegar,Nelson,Aberbargoed, Rhymney, Ystrad Mynach and Llanbradach, and the towns of Bargoed and Caerphilly. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°41'52"N, 3°13'46"W

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Rhymney Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pen-y-fan Pond, Guardian Sculpture, Llancaiach Fawr Manor, St Illtyd's Church.

2.8 miE
Park
Pen-y-fan Pond, Blackwood
72 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.
4.3 miE
Monuments and statues
Guardian Sculpture
111 min walk • The Guardian is a 20 m tall statue overlooking Parc Arael Griffin, the landscaped former Six Bells Colliery site, in the South Wales mining town of Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. It was designed and created by artist Sebastien Boyesen.
3.4 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles, Entertainment
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Caerphilly
87 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.
4.2 miE
Cemetery
St Illtyd's Church
108 min walk • St Illtyd's Church is a deconsecrated church in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. A Grade II* listed building, it is the oldest standing building in the county borough. The use of the site for worship dates back to pre-Norman times, with references to the church in a poem written in the 9th or 10th century.
4.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil
123 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.
4.6 miNE
51°43'48"N • 3°8'2"W
Abertillery & District Museum, Abertillery
119 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Bedwellte
86 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.
2.8 miS
Church
St Anne's Church
71 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.
3.6 miS
Bridge
Hengoed Viaduct
92 min walk • Hengoed Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct located above the village of Maesycwmmer, in Caerphilly county borough, South Wales. Grade II* listed, it was originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway across the Rhymney River, and is now part of National Cycle Route 47.
4.2 miSE
51°39'53"N • 3°8'45"W
THE Newbridge Hotel, Newbridge
109 min walk • Universities and schools
2.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cefn y Brithdir
61 min walk • 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.