Welsh Hawking Centre
Welsh Hawking Centre is a falconry centre in Barry. Add National Museum Cardiff, 12 km away, to a visit; it leads 87 places within 15 km.
Zoo near Barry
Just outside Barry
Welsh Hawking Centre is 700 m west of Barry. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
Afternoons in Barry reach 17–21°C from May to September.
Welsh Hawking Centre
Falconry centre in Barry, Wales.
700 m west of Barry.
- Type
- Zoo
- Town
- 700 m west of Barry
The way to Welsh Hawking Centre
Welsh Hawking Centre is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Welsh Hawking Centre
The 4 towns are led in size by Barry, with 56,589 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Barry
Rhoose
Wenvoe
St Nicholas
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Welsh Hawking Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry | 700 m east of it | 56,589 | 13 |
| Rhoose | 2.3 km southwest of it | 6,776 | 8 |
| Wenvoe | 3.9 km northeast of it | 1,129 | 49 |
| St Nicholas | 4.6 km north of it | 653 | 46 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Close to Welsh Hawking Centre
Our list has 87 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 cathedrals.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff12 km away · 373K visitors a year2
CastleCardiff Castle12 km away3
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre8.3 km away · 610K visitors a year4
CastleBarry Castle2.3 km away5
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral11 km away6
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral12 km away7
Castle · CadwCastell Coch14 km away8
Garden · National TrustDyffryn Gardens3.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Welsh Hawking Centre?
Welsh Hawking Centre is 700 m west of Barry, South Glamorgan.
What is Welsh Hawking Centre?
Falconry centre in Barry, Wales.
When is the best time to visit Welsh Hawking Centre?
May to September are the warmest months in Barry, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Welsh Hawking Centre?
Within 15 km: National Museum Cardiff (12 km), Cardiff Castle (12 km), St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (8.3 km) and Barry Castle (2.3 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 (9)
- Welsh Hawking Centre: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 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
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Castle: Cath Mudford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dyffryn Gardens: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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