Heritage railway · Sarn · Mid Glamorgan

Garw Valley Railway

Garw Valley Railway is a heritage railway. The built-up area of Sarn includes it. It holds the status of a National Monument of Wales.

Where

In Sarn

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 46%

#3,928 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Heritage railway in Sarn

Inside Sarn

Garw Valley Railway is inside Sarn’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

National Monument of Wales

On the official list of protected heritage; Sarn has 67 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Sarn reach 18–21°C from June to September.

Jan8° / 2°156 mm

Feb8° / 2°114 mm

Mar11° / 3°104 mm

Apr13° / 5°85 mm

May17° / 8°86 mm

Jun19° / 10°87 mm

Jul21° / 12°113 mm

Aug20° / 12°127 mm

Sep18° / 10°114 mm

Oct15° / 8°166 mm

Nov11° / 5°166 mm

Dec9° / 3°170 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sarn, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Sarn. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sarn’s full climate →

About

Garw Valley Railway

Close by, Castell Coety is 4.1 km away, one of 22 within 15 km.

Sarn’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Heritage railway
Listed: National Monument of Wales
Town: in Sarn
Official site: garwvalleyrailway.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Finding Garw Valley Railway

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Garw Valley Railway is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns near Garw Valley Railway

Home to 51,751 people, Bridgend is the largest of these 8. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Sarn

11,867 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km south of it

Pen-y-fai

2,301 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km north of it

Bettws

2,237 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km south of it

Bridgend

51,751 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Garw Valley Railway is	People	Places to visit
Sarn	It’s in town	11,867	7
Pen-y-fai	1.6 km south of it	2,301	10
Bettws	2.2 km north of it	2,237	3
Bridgend	2.2 km south of it	51,751	10
Llangeinor	2.9 km northeast of it	1,016	2
Cefn Cribwr	3.1 km southwest of it	1,379	7
Trelales	4.3 km south of it	791	10
Blackmill	4.6 km northeast of it	630	3

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Within 15 km you can add 6 castles and 2 abbeys or priories.

Castle · CadwCastell Coety4.1 km away 2

Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd4.2 km away 3

Castle · CadwOgmore Castle7.3 km away 4

CastleCandleston Castle7.3 km away 5

CastleKenfig Castle9.3 km away 6

CastleMargam Castle9 km away 7

Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey9.3 km away 8

Abbey or priory · CadwEwenny Priory6.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Garw Valley Railway

Where is Garw Valley Railway?

Garw Valley Railway is in Sarn, Mid Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Garw Valley Railway?

Heritage railway in South Wales.

When is the best time to visit Garw Valley Railway?

June to September are the warmest months in Sarn, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Garw Valley Railway a listed building?

Yes: National Monument of Wales.

What else is there to see near Garw Valley Railway?

Within 15 km: Castell Coety (4.1 km), Y Castell Newydd (4.2 km), Ogmore Castle (7.3 km) and Candleston Castle (7.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Candleston Castle: Thruxton, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenfig Castle: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Margam Castle: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Margam Abbey: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ewenny Priory: Wilson44691, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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