Visit Abercarn Places

Welcome to Visit Abercarn Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Abercarn

  

Abercarn Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Abercarn

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Abercarn history

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Abercarn is situated in the south-eastern flank of the once great mining region of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. The district was traditionally associated with the coal mining collieries, ironworks and tinplate works of the South Wales coalfield and South Wales Valleys.

You can visit Abercarn places with Walkfo Abercarn to hear history at Abercarn’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Abercarn has 24 places to visit in our interactive Abercarn map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Abercarn, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Abercarn places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Abercarn & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Abercarn places in an interactive Abercarn map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Abercarn Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Abercarn historic spots	Abercarn tourist destinations	Abercarn plaques	Abercarn geographic features
Walkfo Abercarn tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Abercarn

  

Best Abercarn places to visit

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Abercarn has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Abercarn’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Abercarn’s information audio spots:

Caerphilly County Borough Caerphilly County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is a principal area with county borough status in the preserved county of Gwent, Wales. Its main and largest town is Caerphill, with Bedwas, Risca, Ystrad Mynach, Newbridge, Blackwood, New Tredegar and Rhymney.

Treowen Stars F.C. Treowen Stars F.C. are a Welsh football club. They play in the Ardal Leagues South East, tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid.

Mynydd y Lan Mynydd y Lan is a 381-metre-high flat-topped hill in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It falls largely within the community of Ynysddu but its northern and eastern margins are within Crosskeys community. A wireless transmission station is located towards the northern end of the summit plateau.

Wattsville Wattsville is a small village in the Sirhowy Valley, eight miles north west of Newport, the county capital, in south-east Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

Twmbarlwm Twmbarlwm is a hill situated 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northeast of Risca in South Wales. It is 419 m (1,375 ft) high and is a well-known landmark throughout the region.

English Baptist Church, Abercarn The English Baptist Church is a Grade II-listed Baptist church in Abercarn, Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century to give the Baptists a church of their own.

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