Visit Machen Places

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

  

Machen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Machen

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You can visit Machen places with Walkfo Machen to hear history at Machen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Machen has 22 places to visit in our interactive Machen 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 Machen, 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 Machen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Machen & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Machen places in an interactive Machen map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Machen Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Machen places to visit

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

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

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.

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.

Ruperra Castle Ruperra Castle is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was built in 1626, now it is in a ruined condition.

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