Visit Caerphilly Places

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

  

Caerphilly Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Caerphilly

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Caerphilly history

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Caerphilly Castle is the largest castle in Wales, and the second largest in Britain (after Windsor) The town’s site has long been of strategic significance. Around AD 75 a fort was built by the Romans during their conquest of Britain. Following Norman invasion of Wales, the area of Sengenhydd remained in Welsh hands.

Caerphilly culture & places

Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury. The town hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950 and hosted two food fairs. The Big Cheese Festival has been held in and around the castle every summer since 1998. The castle was used as a filming location for Merlin and Doctor Who episodes.

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

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

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

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

  

Best Caerphilly places to visit

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

Penyrheol, Caerphilly Penyrheol is a residential area (and electoral ward) of Caerphilly, Wales. It is often spelt as Pen-yr-heol by the local community. At the 2011 census the population of the community was 12,537.

Caerphilly District Miners Hospital Caerphilly District Miners’ Hospital (Welsh: Ysbytyty’r Glowyr Caerffili) was a community hospital in Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

Gwernydomen Halt railway station Gwernydomen Halt railway station (sometimes spelt Gwern-y-Domen) was a small rural halt in South Wales, northeast from Caerphilly. It operated until 1956.

Mynydd y Grug Mynydd y Grug is a hill lying just west of the village of Cwmfelinfach and about 4 km to the northeast of Caerphilly. Its summit was formerly at a height of around 358 m, but since the top has been covered by a large spoil heap and landscaped its height has now increased to 375 m.

St James’s Church, Rudry St James’s Church, Rudry is an historic Anglican church in the village of Rudry in the Diocese of Monmouth. It was built in the 18th century.

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