Visit Bargoed Places

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

  

Bargoed Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bargoed

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Bargoed history

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Bargoed grew into a substantial town following the opening of a colliery in 1903. The town was home to a factory built by the Austin Motor Company from 1949. This was a project by Austin chairman Leonard Lord to employ miners suffering from pneumoconiosis, a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of dust.

Bargoed toponymy

The name of the town is derived from that of the River Bargoed, which itself is based on the Welsh word bargod “border, boundary” The name is recorded from the sixteenth century onwards and was probably a hypercorrection under influence of coed “trees, woods”

You can visit Bargoed places with Walkfo Bargoed to hear history at Bargoed’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bargoed has 26 places to visit in our interactive Bargoed 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 Bargoed, 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 Bargoed places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bargoed & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 26 audio facts unique to Bargoed places in an interactive Bargoed map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bargoed Places Map
26 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Bargoed places to visit

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

Aberbargoed Buds F.C. Aberbargoed Buds Football Club is a football club in Wales. The team play in the Ardal Leagues South East, tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid.

Gelligaer Gelligaer is a town and community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales, in the Rhymney River valley. The population of the Town as shown at the 2011 census was 18,408.

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