Visit Gelligaer Places

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

  

Gelligaer Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Gelligaer

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Gelligaer history

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Gelligaer is known for its stone Roman fort, part of a network within Roman Wales, believed to have been built between 103 and 111 A.D. The parish church of St. Catwg (Cadoc) is ancient but heavily restored in the Victorian era.

You can visit Gelligaer places with Walkfo Gelligaer to hear history at Gelligaer’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Gelligaer has 39 places to visit in our interactive Gelligaer 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 Gelligaer, 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 Gelligaer places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Gelligaer & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 39 audio facts unique to Gelligaer places in an interactive Gelligaer map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Gelligaer Places Map
39 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Gelligaer places to visit

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

Valley Greyhound Stadium The Valley Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Wales. It is located in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales.

CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence The CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence (Welsh: Canolfan Rhagoriaeth Chwaraeon Brwrdeistaf Sirol Caerffili) was opened in May 2014. Newport Gwent Dragons use the facility as a training base, along with local educational establishment Coleg y Cymoedd.

Ystrad Mynach Hospital Ystrad Mynach Hospital was a community hospital in Wales. It was managed by Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board.

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.

Deep Navigation Colliery Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991. Producing the highest quality steam coal, it powered both the Cunard passenger steamers RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania in their successful attempts at the Blue Riband prize for the most rapid Atlantic Ocean passage.

Treharris Athletic Western F.C. Treharris Athletic Western F.C. play in the Ardal Leagues South West. Their home ground is based in Parc Taf Bargoed in the neighbouring village of Trelewis.

Llancaiach Fawr Llancaiach Fawr Manor is a Tudor manor house in the Rhymney Valley in South Wales. It is a Grade I listed building and is now best known as the home of Colonel Edward Prichard, who hosted a visit by King Charles I of England in 1645.

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