Pier · Penarth · South Glamorgan

Penarth Pier

Penarth Pier is a pier in Penarth. Its status is a Grade II listed building. A short trip away is National Museum Cardiff, 5.7 km off, the first of 78 within 15 km.

Photo: Penarth Pier, Ben Salter (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Penarth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 34%

#2,866 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Pier in Penarth

Inside Penarth

Penarth Pier is inside Penarth’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Penarth has 57 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

Which month to go

In Penarth the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–21°C.

Jan9° / 3°104 mm

Feb9° / 3°76 mm

Mar11° / 4°73 mm

Apr14° / 6°60 mm

May17° / 8°66 mm

Jun19° / 11°64 mm

Jul21° / 13°84 mm

Aug21° / 13°97 mm

Sep19° / 11°78 mm

Oct15° / 9°112 mm

Nov12° / 6°116 mm

Dec9° / 4°113 mm

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

About

Penarth Pier

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Penarth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Pier
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Penarth

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

The map

Where Penarth Pier is

Orange marks Penarth Pier, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Staying near Penarth Pier

Cardiff tops the 4 for size, at 348,511 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Penarth

28,391 people · 24 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km north of it

Cardiff

348,511 people · 76 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km west of it

Dinas Powis

7,891 people · 19 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km southwest of it

Barry

56,589 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Penarth Pier is	People	Places to visit
Penarth	It’s in town	28,391	24
Cardiff	1.9 km north of it	348,511	76
Dinas Powis	2.4 km west of it	7,891	19
Barry	3.5 km southwest of it	56,589	13

Make a day of it

Also near Penarth Pier

Around it, within 15 km, lie 78 more, including 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals.

MuseumNational Museum Cardiff5.7 km away · 373K visitors a year 2

CastleCardiff Castle5.4 km away 3

CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral5.1 km away 4

CathedralLlandaff Cathedral7.6 km away 5

Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre9.4 km away · 610K visitors a year 6

Castle · CadwCastell Coch13 km away 7

MuseumCosmeston Medieval Village2.7 km away 8

Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle9.1 km away

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

Visiting Penarth Pier: the answers

Where is Penarth Pier?

Penarth Pier is in Penarth, South Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Penarth Pier?

Pier in Penarth, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Penarth Pier?

June to September are the warmest months in Penarth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Penarth Pier a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Penarth Pier?

Within 15 km: National Museum Cardiff (5.7 km), Cardiff Castle (5.4 km), Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (5.1 km) and Llandaff Cathedral (7.6 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 (9)

Penarth Pier: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cosmeston Medieval Village: Andy Spenceley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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