See Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre and one more in Tredegar
Every one of the 6 places on the list is among the museums or galleries. Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 4 beyond the 2 inside Tredegar’s built-up area. Close to the centre, within 1 km, are 3 of them. Out of town, Caerphilly Castle is 22 km away.
Most famous in Tredegar
Beyond Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, there are 5 museums.
MuseumBrynmawr and District Museum3.5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumWinding House4.1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumThe Block of Coal100 m outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Finding your way
Close by, the 4 mostly lie to the south.
The dashed line is Tredegar’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
All 6 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Tredegar. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
In town there are 2, and the list adds 4 more within 5 km of its edge.
The 2 inside Tredegar come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
14 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Tredegar’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Tredegar →
Bigger names, a drive away
Most famous of the 12 is Caerphilly Castle, 22 km from the centre.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff33 km south · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle33 km south
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle37 km east
Castle · CadwCastell Coch27 km south
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle27 km east
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral31 km south
CastleMorlais Castle9.3 km westHeritage railwayHeritage railwayBrecon Mountain Railway9.2 km northwest
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre32 km south · 610K visitors a year
CathedralBrecon Cathedral22 km northwest
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral33 km southPlaces well known beyond Tredegar (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.
Tredegar, answered
What are the main attractions in Tredegar?
The best known inside Tredegar’s built-up area are Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre and Tredegar Museum. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 4 more within 5 km.
Does Tredegar have a museum?
6 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Tredegar: Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre, Tredegar Museum, Ebbw Vale Works Museum and Brynmawr and District Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Tredegar?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 22 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Tredegar?
Within 40 km: Caerphilly Castle (22 km), National Museum Cardiff (33 km), Cardiff Castle (33 km), Monmouth Castle (37 km).
Where are Tredegar’s historic buildings listed?
Tredegar has 14 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 Tredegar 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)
- Brynmawr and District Museum: Jaggery, 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
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morlais Castle: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brecon Cathedral: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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