Visit Porthkerry Places

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

  

Porthkerry Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Porthkerry

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Porthkerry history

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Porthkerry is one of the oldest settlements in PorthKerry. The Iron Age fort known as The Bulwarks was established 2,000 BC. A little to the north of the fort site is a church dedicated to Saint Curig. The church door also has some very unusual, rough carvings.

You can visit Porthkerry places with Walkfo Porthkerry to hear history at Porthkerry’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Porthkerry has 29 places to visit in our interactive Porthkerry 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 Porthkerry, 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 Porthkerry places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Porthkerry & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 29 audio facts unique to Porthkerry places in an interactive Porthkerry map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Porthkerry Places Map
29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Porthkerry places to visit

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

Barry Island Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a district, peninsula and seaside resort. It is named after the 6th century Saint Baruc. The peninsula was an island until the 1880s when it was linked to the mainland. It was used as a setting of the BBC TV shows Gavin & Stacey and Being Human.

Barry Island Pleasure Park Barry Island Pleasure Park is situated on the coast at Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 10 mi (16 km) south west of the capital city Cardiff, Wales. The park was once famous for its Scenic Railway which dominated half of the site in the mid-20th century, but was partially destroyed in a gale in 1973 before being dismantled.

Rhoose (electoral ward) Rhoose is the name of an electoral ward in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The ward elects two county councillors to the Vale. The population of the ward was 6,907 in the 2011 census.

The Bulwarks, Porthkerry The Bulwarks, Porthkerry is a promontory fort in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales overlooking the Bristol Channel. It probably dates to the Iron Age and continued to be occupied during the Roman period in Britain. The ramparts and ditches along the west side are well preserved, but the fortifications are heavily overgrown.

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