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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Abergarw

  

Abergarw Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Abergarw

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You can visit Abergarw places with Walkfo Abergarw to hear history at Abergarw’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Abergarw has 37 places to visit in our interactive Abergarw 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 Abergarw, 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 Abergarw places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Abergarw & the surrounding areas.

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37 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Abergarw tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Abergarw

  

Best Abergarw places to visit

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

Princess of Wales Hospital Princess of Wales Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru) is a district general hospital in Bridgend, Wales. It is managed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Coity Coity is a village (and electoral ward) in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best preserved castles in Glamorgan.

Coity Castle Norman castle was built by Sir Payn “the Demon” de Turberville, one of the legendary Twelve Knights of Glamorgan. Now in ruins, it stands in the community of Coity Higher near the town of Bridgend.

HM Prison Parc HM Prison Parc is a Category B men’s private prison and Young Offenders Institution in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Parc Prison is operated by G4S and is the only privately operated prison in Wales.

Parc Hospital Parc Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Parc) was a mental health facility at Bridgend in Wales. It was located at the centre of a mental hospital in Wales.

Cefn Hirgoed Cefn Hirgoed is a ridge in Bridgend county borough in South Wales. The ridge extends for about 5km east from the village of Sarn to Pen-prysg north of Pencoed.

Bryngarw Country Park Bryngarw Country Park is made up of 48 hectares (120 acres) and is situated on the west bank of the Afon Garw, at the mouth of the Garw Valley in the Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The rest of the park is predominantly wooded with areas of meadow, wetland and freshwater, formal garden and areas for amenity use.

River Garw River Garw (Afon Garw in Welsh, meaning “rugged river”) runs for about 12 miles from its source in the hills north of Blaengarw to the confluence with the River Ogmore and the River Llynfi at Aberkenfig. It is one of three main tributaries of the river which runs through the town of Bridgend.

Tondu Tondu (English: Black Meadow) is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It was established in the late 18th century as a coal mining village servicing the Parc Slip Colliery. In later years, an iron works was also established, and a brick works was constructed in the 19th century.

Llynfi power station Llynfi power station supplied electricity to the Bridgend area of Glamorgan South Wales from 1943 to 1977. The coal-fired station was originally built and operated by the South Wales Power Company Limited to supply electricity to munitions factories during the Second World War. It was completed by the post-nationalisation British Electricity Authority in 1951.

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