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

  

Drope Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Drope

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Drope landmarks

The Old Rectory dates to the early Victorian period and set in landscaped gardens. It features a slate roof under local limestone walls. To the south is Coedarhydyglyn.

You can visit Drope places with Walkfo Drope to hear history at Drope’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Drope has 55 places to visit in our interactive Drope 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 Drope, 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 Drope places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Drope & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 55 audio facts unique to Drope places in an interactive Drope map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Drope Places Map
55 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Drope places to visit

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

Pentrebane Pentrebane (Welsh: Pentre-Baen) is a district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is part of the Fairwater community.

Ely Racecourse Ely Racecourse was a horse racing venue in the Ely district of Cardiff, Wales. The racecourse opened in 1855, with the first race being held on 30 May. By 1864 racing at Ely was a regular event, the races were acclaimed as ‘the most brilliant and successful ever held’

Fairwater, Cardiff Fairwater (Welsh: Y Tyllgoed) is a district and community in the west of Cardiff. It is located a few miles from Culverhouse Cross which connects Cardiff to the M4 motorway. The population taken at the 2011 census was 12,981.

Ely Hospital Ely Hospital was a large psychiatric hospital in the Ely district of Cardiff, Wales. An enquiry into the ill-treatment of patients at the hospital led to reforms to services for people with intellectual disabilities throughout the UK.

St Mary’s Church, St Fagans The Saint Mary’s Church in St Fagans was built in the 12th century. It underwent extensive and sympathetic restoration in 1859. The Church of St Mary was listed as a Grade II* building on 28 January 1963.

St Fagans Castle St Fagans Castle (Welsh: Castell Sain Ffagan) is an Elizabethan mansion in Cardiff, Wales, dating from the late 16th century. The house and remaining medieval fortifications are Grade I listed.

St Fagans railway station St Fagans railway station was on what is now the South Wales Main Line. The station was located in the village of St Fagans in South Wales.

House of the Future, Cardiff The House of the Future, more recently renamed Ty Gwyrdd, was completed in 2000. It is located in the St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff, Wales. It was originally a showcase of the latest green building technologies.

Battle of St Fagans The Battle of St Fagans was a pitched battle during the Second English Civil War in 1648. A detachment from the New Model Army defeated an army of former Parliamentarian soldiers.

St Mary the Virgin Church, Caerau, Cardiff St. Mary the Virgin Church is a deconsecrated and ruined church in the parish of Caerau with Ely, Cardiff, Wales. It was built in the 13th century on a Roman encampment and closed for the last time in 1973.

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