Hengoed Viaduct

#5093 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Bridge

Gallery (1)

Map

Facts and practical information

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. ()

Opened: 1854 (170 years ago)Length: 852 ftHeight: 120 ftCoordinates: 51°38'45"N, 3°13'26"W

Location

WalesUnited Kingdom

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Day trips

Hengoed Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caerphilly Castle, Pen-y-fan Pond, Taff Valley Quad Bike & Activity Centre, Llancaiach Fawr Manor.

4.8 miS
Medieval castle with impressive defences
Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
123 min walk • Caerphilly Castle, a formidable medieval fortress, dominates the town of Caerphilly in South Wales with its grandeur and historical significance. Constructed in the late 13th century, it is the largest castle in Wales and the second-largest in Britain, exceeded only by...
4.4 miNE
Park
Pen-y-fan Pond, Blackwood
114 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.
5 miSW
51°35'7"N • 3°17'15"W
Taff Valley Quad Bike & Activity Centre, Pontypridd
127 min walk • Shopping centre, Shopping, Off-road and atv trails
2.8 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles, Entertainment
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Caerphilly
71 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.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Eglwysilan
81 min walk • Mynydd Eglwysilan is a 355-metre-high hill in the Caerphilly county borough in South Wales 3 km to the south of Nelson and a similar distance southwest of Ystrad Mynach. To its south is Senghenydd at the head of the Aber Valley.
4.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Meio
117 min walk • Mynydd Meio is a 322-metre-high hill in the county borough of Caerphilly in South Wales. Parts of its western slopes fall within Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough.
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd y Grug
75 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.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Rhymney Valley
92 min walk • 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.
1 miNW
Church
St Anne's Church
26 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 miE
Church
English Baptist Church
102 min walk • 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.
3.6 miE
51°39'53"N • 3°8'45"W
THE Newbridge Hotel, Newbridge
92 min walk • Universities and schools