Places to visit around Fochriw, from Winding House
What there is to see lies just outside: 4 places within 5 km of its edge. Beyond the town, the best known is Caerphilly Castle, 19 km off.
The names to know near Fochriw
Beyond Winding House, there are 3 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.
Around Fochriw, mapped
Just outside town, most of the 4 sit to the northeast.
The dashed line is Fochriw’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 mix
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside Fochriw. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
These 4 are within 5 km of its edge, none in town.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Trips out
Of the 12 day trips, Caerphilly Castle (19 km) is the best known.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff29 km south · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle30 km south
Castle · CadwCastell Coch23 km south
CastleMorlais Castle7 km northwest
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral28 km south
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre28 km south · 610K visitors a year
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle31 km eastHeritage railwayHeritage railwayBrecon Mountain Railway9.1 km northwest
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral30 km south
CathedralBrecon Cathedral24 km northCastleCastle · CadwY Castell Gwyn30 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Fochriw (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 Fochriw
What is there to see near Fochriw?
No attraction is mapped inside Fochriw itself. Within 5 km of it are Winding House, Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum and The Block of Coal.
Does Fochriw have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Fochriw: Winding House, Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum and The Block of Coal.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Fochriw?
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 Fochriw?
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 Fochriw 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 (9)
- 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
- Morlais Castle: Gibbinskaren, 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
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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