English Baptist Church

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The English Baptist Church is a Grade II-listed Baptist church in the town of Abercarn, Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century to give the Baptists a church of their own. The building was extensively remodelled later in the century. ()

Coordinates: 51°38'26"N, 3°7'52"W

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Nearby attractions include: Pen-y-fan Pond, Twmbarlwm, Mynydd Twyn-glas, Greenmeadow Community Farm.

4.2 miN
Park
Pen-y-fan Pond, Blackwood
108 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.
1.8 miSE
Mountain, Park, Trail
Twmbarlwm, Caerphilly
45 min walk • Twmbarlwm, also known as Twm Barlwm, Twyn Barlwm or locally known as "the Twmp", the Nipple or the Pimple because of the mound that lies at its summit, is a hill situated 2 km to the northeast of Risca in South Wales.
3.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Twyn-glas
79 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.
3.9 miE
51°39'14"N • 3°2'34"W
Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
100 min walk • Farm, Park
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Machen
66 min walk • Mynydd Machen is a 362-metre-high hill lying between the town of Risca and the village of Machen in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast.
4.8 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Congress Theatre, Cwmbran
123 min walk • The Congress Theatre is the principal theatre in Torfaen. It is located in Cwmbran Centre, Cwmbran.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd y Grug
86 min walk • Mynydd y Grug is a hill lying just west of the village of Cwmfelinfach and about 4 km to the northeast of Caerphilly in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales.
2.1 miSE
Church
Saint Mary & Saint Philopateer Abu Saifain Coptic Orthodox Church, Newport
54 min walk • St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales, at St Mary Street in Risca, Newport, Wales.
4.8 miE
Museum, Art museum
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
123 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.
4.6 miW
Church
St Anne's Church
119 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 miW
Bridge
Hengoed Viaduct
102 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.