Trips from Abertysswg, starting with Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre
The 5 places on the list are all museums or galleries. None of them is inside Abertysswg itself. Beyond the town, Caerphilly Castle sits 19 km away.
Where to start near Abertysswg
After Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre come 4 museums.
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 layout
Most of the 5 out of town lie to the north.
The dashed line is Abertysswg’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The list by type
All 5 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Abertysswg. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All 5 on the list
You will find all 5 within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Further afield
Best known of the 12 within reach is Caerphilly Castle, at 19 km.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff29 km south · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle30 km south
Castle · CadwCastell Coch23 km south
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral28 km south
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle38 km east
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle29 km east
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre28 km south · 610K visitors a year
CastleMorlais Castle8.9 km northwest
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral30 km southHeritage railwayHeritage railwayBrecon Mountain Railway10 km northwest
CathedralBrecon Cathedral25 km northPlaces well known beyond Abertysswg (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.
What people ask about Abertysswg
What is there to see near Abertysswg?
No attraction is mapped inside Abertysswg itself. Within 5 km of it are Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum, Winding House and Ebbw Vale Works Museum.
Does Abertysswg have a museum?
5 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Abertysswg: Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum, Winding House and Ebbw Vale Works Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Abertysswg?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 19 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Abertysswg?
Within 40 km: Caerphilly Castle (19 km), National Museum Cardiff (29 km), Cardiff Castle (30 km), Castell Coch (23 km).
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 Abertysswg 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 (10)
- 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
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morlais Castle: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brecon Cathedral: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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