Cwmcarn Forest Drive Visitor Centre is Abercarn’s place to visit
A day out from Abercarn leads to Caerphilly Castle, 10 km away. One place to visit is mapped inside Abercarn’s built-up area, and one more within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in an attraction and a castle.
The first to see in Abercarn
Cwmcarn Forest Drive Visitor Centre aside, the next best known is a castle.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map view
Furthest from the centre is Castell Meredydd, 6.2 km away.
The dashed line is Abercarn’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Sorted by kind
The places here are an attraction and a castle.
Green: inside Abercarn. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Abercarn comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Abercarn’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Abercarn →
A little further out
Best known of the 12 within reach is Caerphilly Castle, at 10 km.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff18 km south · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle19 km south
Castle · CadwCastell Coch15 km southwest
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral18 km south
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre20 km southwest · 610K visitors a year
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral19 km south
Castle · CadwNewport Castle11 km southeast
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle24 km northeast
CathedralNewport Cathedral12 km southeast
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey32 km east
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle34 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Abercarn (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Know before you go to Abercarn
What are the main attractions in Abercarn?
The place to visit inside Abercarn’s built-up area is Cwmcarn Forest Drive Visitor Centre. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Abercarn have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Abercarn.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Abercarn?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 10 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Abercarn?
Within 40 km: Caerphilly Castle (10 km), National Museum Cardiff (18 km), Cardiff Castle (19 km), Castell Coch (15 km).
Where are Abercarn’s historic buildings listed?
Abercarn has 8 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Cadw’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Abercarn when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (11)
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coch: Hchc2009, 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
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newport Castle: The original uploader was Owain at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newport Cathedral: The original uploader was Owain at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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