Visit Bwlchgwyn Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bwlchgwyn

  

Bwlchgwyn Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bwlchgwyn

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Bwlchgwyn history

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Bwlchgwyn has been inhabited since at least the Bronze Age when a hill fort was built there. It is thought that the original Brythonic inhabitants and later the Romans worked the shallow lead veins of the Eisteddfod. The village prospered in the agricultural and industrial revolutions, benefiting from the rich deposit of silica underground. Local quarries and coal mines provided employment, and the village grew.

Bwlchgwyn etymology

Bwlchgwyn has in the past been translated into English as “White Pass”, perhaps referring to the white limestone cliffs in the area. The translation “pass” does not fit with the Welsh word bwlch and its usual usage in placenames. The gwyn, meaning “white”, is thought to point to the area being the last place in the district where snow settles.

Bwlchgwyn geography / climate

Trefil in Blaenau Gwent claimed to be the highest village in Wales. The village is built on Cefn-y-fedw sandstone, a type of Millstone Grit from the Carboniferous period. Two rivers have their sources near the village.

You can visit Bwlchgwyn places with Walkfo Bwlchgwyn to hear history at Bwlchgwyn’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bwlchgwyn has 18 places to visit in our interactive Bwlchgwyn 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 Bwlchgwyn, 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 Bwlchgwyn places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bwlchgwyn & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Bwlchgwyn places in an interactive Bwlchgwyn map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bwlchgwyn Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Bwlchgwyn places to visit

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

Brymbo Hall Brymbo Hall is one of Britain’s lost houses. It was the residence of industrialist and ironmaster John “Iron-Mad” Wilkinson. It is reputed to have been partly built to the designs of Inigo Jones.

Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station The Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station is a digital television relay of Moel-y-Parc. It is a free-standing lattice tower structure serving around 85,000 homes. It was constructed to coincide with the 1977 National Eisteddfod. It initially provided S4C and BBC One Wales, later joined by HTV Wales in 1997.

Coedpoeth Coedpoeth is a large village and local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The built-up area with Minera had a population of 5,723 in the 2011 census.

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