Llangynwyd Castle

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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. ()

Coordinates: 51°35'6"N, 3°39'32"W

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Llangynwyd Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Margam Stones Museum, Bryngarw Country Park, Maesteg Town Hall, Maesteg Golf Club.

3.4 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Archaeological museum
Margam Stones Museum, Port Talbot
88 min walk • Margam Stones Museum is a small Victorian schoolhouse near Port Talbot, South Wales, which now provides a home for one of the most important collections of Celtic stone crosses in Britain.
4 miSE
Park
Bryngarw Country Park, Bridgend
102 min walk • Bryngarw Country Park is made up of 48 hectares and is situated on the west bank of the Afon Garw, at the mouth of the Garw Valley in the Bridgend County Borough, Wales.
1.6 miN
City hall
Maesteg Town Hall, Maesteg
42 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.
1.9 miNW
51°36'39"N • 3°40'37"W
Maesteg Golf Club, Maesteg
50 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Margam Castle
83 min walk • Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a Victorian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a ten-year period, from 1830 to 1840.
3 miSW
Park
Margam Country Park
77 min walk • Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres. It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles from Port Talbot in south Wales.
4 miSE
Area
Aberkenfig, Bridgend
103 min walk • Aberkenfig is a village located in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales to the north of Bridgend town. The community population is shown under Newcastle Higher.
4.9 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Theodore's Church, Port Talbot
126 min walk • The Church of St Theodore is a parish church in Port Talbot, Wales; Located on the A48 opposite Maes-y-Cwrt Terrace and bordered on two sides by the Talbot Memorial Park, it is administered within the diocese of Llandaff.
3.2 miE
Church
St David's Church
81 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.
4.3 miNW
Museum
South Wales Miners' Museum, Afan Forest Park
111 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.
3.6 miSW
Monastery
Margam Abbey
93 min walk • Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales.