Welcome to Visit Merthyr Mawr Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Merthyr Mawr
Visit Merthyr Mawr places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Merthyr Mawr places to visit. A unique way to experience Merthyr Mawr’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Merthyr Mawr as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Merthyr Mawr Walkfo Preview The community occupies the area west of the Ewenny River between Bridgend and Porthcawl. It takes in the settlement of Tythegston and a stretch of coastal sand dunes known as Merthyr Mawr Warren. When you visit Merthyr Mawr, Walkfo brings Merthyr Mawr places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Merthyr Mawr Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Merthyr Mawr
Visit Merthyr Mawr – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 39 audio plaques & Merthyr Mawr places for you to explore in the Merthyr Mawr area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Merthyr Mawr places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Merthyr Mawr with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Merthyr Mawr places with Walkfo Merthyr Mawr to hear history at Merthyr Mawr’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Merthyr Mawr has 39 places to visit in our interactive Merthyr Mawr 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 Merthyr Mawr, 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 Merthyr Mawr places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Merthyr Mawr & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Merthyr Mawr tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Merthyr Mawr
Best Merthyr Mawr places to visit
Merthyr Mawr has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Merthyr Mawr’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Merthyr Mawr’s information audio spots:
Ogwr The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996. It was the first district to be named after Ogwr.
Newcastle, Bridgend Newcastle is an area and electoral ward of Bridgend, Wales. The area includes the medieval Newcastle Castle. The ward elects councillors to the Town Council and County Borough Council.
Ewenny Priory House Ewenny Priory House is a privately owned Georgian mansion. Originally built in 1545 it was rebuilt in the early 1800s. The house is Grade II* listed.
Merthyr Mawr The community occupies the area west of the Ewenny River between Bridgend and Porthcawl. It takes in the settlement of Tythegston and a stretch of coastal sand dunes known as Merthyr Mawr Warren.
Ewenny River The Ewenny River forms the border between Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend. It is a major tributary of the River Ogmore.
Penybont F.C. Penybont Football Club was formed in 2013 following the merger of Bridgend Town and Bryntirion Athletic. The Welsh club play in the Cymru Premier.
St David’s Church, Laleston St David’s Church, Laleston is a Grade I listed church in southern Wales. It is listed Grade 1 as a medieval church with its fabric, including timber roofs, mainly intact, and having group value.
Southerndown Southerndown is a village in southern Wales to the southwest of Bridgend. It is mostly known for its beach which backs Dunraven Bay (Welsh: Bae Dwnrhefn) It is a popular tourist destination during the summer months.
St Brides Major St. Brides Major (Welsh: Sant-y-brid) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. The village is located approximately 1.5 mi from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. It is connected by bus to the nearby towns Llantwit Major and Bridgend.
Visit Merthyr Mawr plaques
0 plaques hereMerthyr Mawr has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Merthyr Mawr 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 Merthyr Mawr using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Merthyr Mawr plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Merthyr Mawr audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Merthyr Mawr allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Merthyr Mawr’s 39 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Merthyr Mawr freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Merthyr Mawr Map App
Our visit Merthyr Mawr map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Merthyr Mawr & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Merthyr Mawr tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Merthyr Mawr centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Merthyr Mawr area at LONG:-3.6102777777778, LAT:51.485555555556.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Merthyr Mawr, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Merthyr Mawr / surrounding areas
● Tythegston ● Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes ● River Ogmore ● Bridge FM (Wales) ● Bridgend (community) ● Oldcastle, Bridgend ● Bridgend ● Bridgend County Borough ● Old Bridge, Bridgend ● Morfa, Bridgend ● Brewery Field ● Newcastle Castle, Bridgend ● Newcastle, Bridgend ● Ewenny Priory House ● Ewenny Priory ● Corntown ● Cefn Glas ● Ewenny ● Ewenny and Pant Quarries ● Afon Alun ● Merthyr Mawr ● Ewenny River ● Penybont F.C. ● St David’s Church, Laleston ● Laleston ● Ogmore Castle ● Ogmore, Vale of Glamorgan ● Southerndown Golf Club ● Candleston Castle ● St Brides Major (community)
● Coed y Bwl ● Cnap Twt ● Portobello House ● Southerndown Coast ● Ogmore-by-Sea ● Southerndown ● St Brides Major
Getting to / around Merthyr Mawr – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Merthyr Mawr using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Merthyr Mawr places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Merthyr Mawr Public Transport Stations
Merthyr Mawr Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Bridgend railway station
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Local Merthyr Mawr historians & Merthyr Mawr tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Merthyr Mawr? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Merthyr Mawr’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Merthyr Mawr place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Merthyr Mawr Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Merthyr Mawr destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Merthyr Mawr’ web pages (for example: www.visitMerthyr Mawr.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336