Visit Crosskeys Places

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

  

Crosskeys Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Crosskeys

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Crosskeys history

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Crosskeys is a South Wales Valleys community, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally developed as part of Risca from the 1830s to serve the local mines. The village has a railway station on the Ebbw Vale Line.

You can visit Crosskeys places with Walkfo Crosskeys to hear history at Crosskeys’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crosskeys has 21 places to visit in our interactive Crosskeys 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 Crosskeys, 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 Crosskeys places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crosskeys & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Crosskeys places in an interactive Crosskeys map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Crosskeys Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Crosskeys places to visit

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

Mynydd y Lan Mynydd y Lan is a 381-metre-high flat-topped hill in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It falls largely within the community of Ynysddu but its northern and eastern margins are within Crosskeys community. A wireless transmission station is located towards the northern end of the summit plateau.

Saint Mary & Saint Philopateer Abu Saifain Coptic Orthodox Church St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church was consecrated in 1992 by Pope Shenouda III in Risca, South Wales, under the official name of St Mary’s and St Abu Saifain’� Church. The church is located at St Mary Street in Newport, Wales.

Mynydd Machen Mynydd Machen is a 362-metre-high (1,188 ft) hill in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast.

Wattsville Wattsville is a small village in the Sirhowy Valley, eight miles north west of Newport, the county capital, in south-east Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

Twmbarlwm Twmbarlwm is a hill situated 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northeast of Risca in South Wales. It is 419 m (1,375 ft) high and is a well-known landmark throughout the region.

English Baptist Church, Abercarn The English Baptist Church is a Grade II-listed Baptist church in Abercarn, Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century to give the Baptists a church of their own.

Pontymister Pontymister (Welsh:Pont-y-meistr) is a small village in Caerphilly county borough in Wales.

Church Road (B&MJR) railway station Church Road railway station served the hamlet of Lower Machen in Newport, Wales. The station was located on Church Road at the time of the station’s closure.

Visit Crosskeys plaques