St Michael and All Angels Church

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St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade I listed church in Colwinston, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963. The church is said to have been built in 1111. The earliest mention of this parish church comes in the form of an 1141 confirmation of a donation made to the church by Maurice de Londres. The church and all of its possessions were given to the Abbey of Gloucester; this was confirmed circa 1200 when the Bishop of Landaff assigned a resident chaplain to the church. In 1254, the church was listed with a valuation of five marks. By 1291, it was combined with the valuation of Ewenny Priory. ()

Coordinates: 51°28'3"N, 3°31'41"W

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St Michael and All Angels Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southerndown Golf Club, St Quintins Castle, Old Bridge, Cowbridge Physic Garden.

3.5 miW
Golf
Southerndown Golf Club, Merthyr Mawr
91 min walk • Southerndown Golf Club is a downland/links golf club in the Vale of Glamorgan, in south-east Wales, near the coast and Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, in proximity to Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes.
3.2 miE
Forts and castles
St Quintins Castle, Cowbridge
81 min walk • St Quintins Castle is a castle located in the village of Llanblethian, Cowbridge, Wales. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade II listed building and is under the care of Cadw. The site was first occupied with a defensive structure in about 1102 and the gatehouse and further building work took place around 1312.
3.5 miNW
Bridge
Old Bridge, Bridgend
90 min walk • The Old Bridge is a medieval two arched stone footbridge that spans the River Ogmore at Bridgend in Wales. It is not known who designed or built the bridge, however it was built in approximately 1425. The bridge was repaired in 1775 and restored both in 2005 and 2011.
3.4 miE
Garden, Park
Cowbridge Physic Garden, Cowbridge
86 min walk • The Cowbridge Physic Garden is located in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The 0.5 acres physic garden was created by the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust in 2004, and was opened in June 2008 by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. who is its patron.
2.3 miNW
Monastery
Ewenny Priory, Bridgend
58 min walk • Ewenny Priory, in Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, was a monastery of the Benedictine order, founded in the 12th century.
3.3 miE
City wall
Cowbridge town wall, Cowbridge
85 min walk • Cowbridge town wall is a Grade II*-listed medieval wall in the small market town of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The walls were built by about 1300.
3.5 miE
Town, City hall
Cowbridge Town Hall, Cowbridge
90 min walk • Cowbridge Town Hall is a public building in the High Street of Cowbridge in South Wales. The town hall, which is the meeting place for Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council, and also houses the town clerk's office, the committee rooms and the Cowbridge Museum, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 miE
Church
Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge
87 min walk • The Church of the Holy Cross is a medieval church in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Initially a chapel of ease to Church of St John the Baptist, Llanblethian of Cowbridge as a medieval market town. Believed to have been built in the 13th century, the church has an unusual tower design.
3.3 miNW
51°30'14"N • 3°34'36"W
Nolton Art Gallery, Bridgend
84 min walk • Art gallery, Museum
1.9 miNE
Church
St Canna Church
48 min walk • St Canna Church is a church in Llangan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Its churchyard cross is a Grade I listed building, listed on 22 July 2003. The church is believed to date from the 12th or 13th century.
2.3 miN
Church
St Crallo's Church
59 min walk • St Crallo's Church, often referred to historically as The Cathedral of the Vale of Glamorgan, is a Grade I listed church in Coychurch Lower, Bridgend County Borough, southern Wales.

St Michael and All Angels Church

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St Michael and All Angels Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)