Places to visit around Talbot Green, from Llantrisant Castle
Nothing is mapped inside Talbot Green’s built-up area, but 3 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 castles and a museum. Out of town, Caerphilly Castle is 13 km away.
Leading the list near Talbot Green
After Llantrisant Castle come a castle and a museum.
CastleLlantrisant Castle200 m outside town, to the northeast
CastleHensol Castle3.5 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumThe Royal Mint Experience1.4 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
Furthest from the centre is Hensol Castle, 3.8 km away.
The dashed line is Talbot Green’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kinds of place
The biggest group is castles or historic places, with 2 of the 3.
Green: inside Talbot Green. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
Nothing is inside Talbot Green itself; these 3 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Talbot Green’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Talbot Green →
Beyond Talbot Green
Caerphilly Castle, at 13 km, heads the 12.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff16 km east · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle15 km east
Castle · CadwCastell Coch9.3 km east
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre9.6 km southeast · 610K visitors a year
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral13 km east
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral16 km east
Castle · CadwCastell Coety12 km west
Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd14 km west
Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle9.8 km southeast
Castle · CadwOgmore Castle17 km west
Castle · CadwOld Beaupre Castle11 km southPlaces well known beyond Talbot Green (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.
Talbot Green, answered
What is there to see near Talbot Green?
No attraction is mapped inside Talbot Green itself. Within 5 km of it are Llantrisant Castle, Hensol Castle and The Royal Mint Experience.
Does Talbot Green have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Talbot Green: The Royal Mint Experience.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Talbot Green?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 13 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Talbot Green?
Within 40 km: Caerphilly Castle (13 km), National Museum Cardiff (16 km), Cardiff Castle (15 km), Castell Coch (9.3 km).
Where are Talbot Green’s historic buildings listed?
Talbot Green has 1 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 Talbot Green 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 (13)
- Llantrisant Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hensol Castle: TedColes at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Beaupre Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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