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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hengoed
Visit Hengoed places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hengoed places to visit. A unique way to experience Hengoed’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hengoed as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Hengoed is in the county borough of Caerphilly, in the traditional county of Glamorgan, Wales. The name literally means ‘old wood’ in the Welsh language. The electoral ward includes the villages of Hengaed and Cefn Hengeed and a part of Tir-y-Berth in the north. When you visit Hengoed, Walkfo brings Hengoed places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hengoed Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hengoed
Visit Hengoed – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 37 audio plaques & Hengoed places for you to explore in the Hengoed area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hengoed places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Hengoed geography / climate
Geological Structure
Cefn Hengoed is a low plateau of Pennant Sandstone typical of much of the South Wales coalfield. It rises to a high point of 213 metres between the two villages between the River Rhymney and the Nant Cylla Brook.
Why visit Hengoed with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hengoed places with Walkfo Hengoed to hear history at Hengoed’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hengoed has 37 places to visit in our interactive Hengoed 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 Hengoed, 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 Hengoed places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hengoed & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo: Visit Hengoed Places Map
37 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Hengoed places to visit
Hengoed has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hengoed’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hengoed’s information audio spots:
Pontllanfraith
Pontllanfraith is a large village and community located in the Sirhowy Valley in Caerphilly county borough, Wales. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 8,552. The village includes the communities of Penllwyn, Springfield, Woodfieldside and The Bryn.
Caerphilly County Borough
Caerphilly County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is a principal area with county borough status in the preserved county of Gwent, Wales. Its main and largest town is Caerphill, with Bedwas, Risca, Ystrad Mynach, Newbridge, Blackwood, New Tredegar and Rhymney.
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.
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.
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.
Visit Hengoed plaques
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plaques
here Hengoed has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hengoed plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Hengoed using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hengoed plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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