Around Pontlottyn, Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre leads the list
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Pontlottyn’s built-up area, but 4 places are within 5 km of its edge. Caerphilly Castle, 19 km away, is the best-known day out.
Around Pontlottyn: where to begin
3 museums follow Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where things are
On the map, most of the 4 sit to the northeast.
The dashed line is Pontlottyn’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What is on offer
All 4 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Pontlottyn. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
Nothing is inside Pontlottyn itself; these 4 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
2 listed buildings are on Pontlottyn’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Pontlottyn →
Worth the drive
Caerphilly Castle, 19 km away, is the best known of the 12.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff30 km south · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle30 km south
Castle · CadwCastell Coch23 km south
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral28 km south
CastleMorlais Castle7.7 km northwest
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle40 km east
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre29 km south · 610K visitors a year
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle30 km eastHeritage railwayHeritage railwayBrecon Mountain Railway9.4 km northwest
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral30 km south
CathedralBrecon Cathedral24 km northPlaces well known beyond Pontlottyn (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.
Practical questions about Pontlottyn
What is there to see near Pontlottyn?
No attraction is mapped inside Pontlottyn itself. Within 5 km of it are Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum, Winding House and The Block of Coal.
Does Pontlottyn have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Pontlottyn: Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum, Winding House and The Block of Coal.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Pontlottyn?
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 Pontlottyn?
Within 40 km: Caerphilly Castle (19 km), National Museum Cardiff (30 km), Cardiff Castle (30 km), Castell Coch (23 km).
Where are Pontlottyn’s historic buildings listed?
Pontlottyn has 2 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 Pontlottyn 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
- Morlais Castle: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, 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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