Royal Mint Museum

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The Royal Mint Museum is a numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, which houses coins, medals, artwork and minting equipment previous owned by the Royal Mint. Although the museum is located on the same site as the Royal Mint, the mint and the museum are separate companies. In partnership with the mint, a new £9 million visitor centre was built to allow members of the public to view part of the museum's collection. ()

Established: 2009 (15 years ago)Coordinates: 51°33'15"N, 3°23'15"W

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Royal Mint Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rhondda Heritage Park, Llantrisant Church, Lido Ponty, Ynysangharad Park.

3.9 miN
Historical place, Park, Museum
Rhondda Heritage Park, Pontypridd
100 min walk • Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod, Rhondda, South Wales is a tourist attraction which offers an insight into the life of the coal mining community that existed in the area until the 1980s.
1 miSE
Church
Llantrisant Church, Llantrisant
26 min walk • Llantrisant Church is located in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. Built within a short distance of Llantrisant Castle, it was originally in the Norman style of architecture.
3.9 miNE
51°36'5"N • 3°20'20"W
Lido Ponty, Pontypridd
99 min walk • Watersports, Sport complex, Playground
3.9 miNE
Outdoor activities, Park
Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
101 min walk • Ynysangharad Park is a cricket ground in the centre of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.
3.9 miNE
Church
St Dyfrig's Church, Pontypridd
100 min walk • St Dyfrig's Church is a listed Roman Catholic church in the village of Treforest near Pontypridd, South Wales. The church was founded in the 19th century, though the present structure dates from the 1920s.
1 miSE
Forts and castles
Llantrisant Castle, Llantrisant
27 min walk • Llantrisant Castle is a ruined castle in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. The ruins are on a good elevation, commanding extensive views of the surrounding country. It has the appearance of once occupying a formidable position of defense.
4 miNE
Park
Ynysangharad War Memorial, Pontypridd
102 min walk • Ynysangharad War Memorial Park is located in the town of Pontypridd, Wales. The area that now makes up the park was bought by the people of Pontypridd in 1919 after workers raised the money to have the park established.
3.1 miSE
Manor house
Miskin Manor
79 min walk • Miskin Manor is a haunted Victorian manor house built in 1864 in a Tudor style, situated in the village of Miskin in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. The estate was owned by the Williams family including Rhys Rhys-Williams for many years who were descended from the Welsh bard David Williams.
3.7 miS
Forts and castles
Hensol Castle
94 min walk • Hensol Castle is a castellated mansion in the gothic architecture style dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, now a wedding and conference venue for The Vale Resort. It is located north of Clawdd Coch and Tredodridge in the community of Pendoylan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building.
4 miNE
Church
St. Mary's Church, Pontypridd
104 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Church in Wales parish church in the village of Glyntaff, near Pontypridd, South Wales. It is the oldest Anglican church in the Pontypridd urban area.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Maendy
95 min walk • Mynydd Maendy is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales, to the southwest of Tonyrefail. As with the Maindee district of Newport, the name derives from the Welsh maen dy meaning "stone house".