Mynydd Llangeinwyr

#5404 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mynydd Llangeinwyr is the highest hill in the county borough of Bridgend in the coalfield of South Wales. It forms a long north-south ridge between the valleys of Cwm Garw to the west and Cwm Ogwr Fawr to the east. The highest point of the ridge is the 568-metre flat dome known as Werfa which is crowned by a trig point and prominent masts. A secondary trig point is sited at a height of 530 m near to the ancient cairn of Carn-yr-hyrddod. The hill is named from the village of Llangeinor below its southern tip. ()

Elevation: 1864 ftProminence: 295 ftCoordinates: 51°38'29"N, 3°34'23"W

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Mynydd Llangeinwyr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Melincourt Falls, Maesteg Town Hall, Maesteg Golf Club, Aberdare Park.

6.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Melincourt Falls, Neath
175 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.
4.3 miSW
City hall
Maesteg Town Hall, Maesteg
110 min walk • Maesteg Town Hall is a municipal structure in Talbot Street, Maesteg, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Masteg Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
4.9 miSW
51°36'39"N • 3°40'37"W
Maesteg Golf Club, Maesteg
126 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
7.3 miNE
Neighbourhood, Park
Aberdare Park, Aberdare
185 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.
5.4 miN
Lake, Archaeological site
Llyn Fawr
138 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.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig y Llyn
133 min walk • 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.
3.1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Parc and Dare Hall
80 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.
7.3 miNE
Church
St John's Church, Aberdare
187 min walk • St John the Baptist's is an ancient parish church in the centre of the town of Aberdare, Wales.
5.1 miS
Church
St David's Church
129 min walk • St David's Church is a Grade I listed church in Bettws, Bridgend County Borough, southern Wales. The church is believed to date to the 12th century, though was dedicated to St David later on. There is mention of the church in a charter of the Bishop of Llandaff, who died in 1183. The current church is largely of the 15th–16th century.
5.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Llangynwyd Castle
137 min walk • Llangynwyd Castle is a ruined castle, probably of the 12th century, in Llangynwyd, in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales, just to the south of Maesteg.
5.6 miW
Museum
South Wales Miners' Museum, Afan Forest Park
143 min walk • The South Wales Miners' Museum is a museum of the coal mining industry and its workforce in the South Wales Coalfield. It is located at Cynonville within the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre in the Afan Forest Park, near the small village of Cymmer in Neath Port Talbot.