Visit St Illtyd Places

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

  

St Illtyd Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about St Illtyd

---

St Illtyd history

---

St Illtyd’s Church is a 13th-century building generally believed to have been built by Cistercian monks from Llantarnam on the site of a previous church which historians have tended to date as dating from 863 AD or thereabouts. Until 1911 it was the parish church of Llanhilleth, now in the Diocese of Monmouth, and it remained in intermittent use as a place of worship until 1975. The church was abandoned after 1975, although the circular churchyard which is now closed for burials remains in the care of the Church in Wales.

St Illtyd geography / climate

In and around the hamlet there can be found cottages, farms, former farms, a public house and a huge former open cast site. A proposal for a sandstone mine has been reported by newspapers locally after a number of unsuccessful planning applications since 2006.

You can visit St Illtyd places with Walkfo St Illtyd to hear history at St Illtyd’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo St Illtyd has 24 places to visit in our interactive St Illtyd 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 St Illtyd, 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 St Illtyd places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to St Illtyd & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to St Illtyd places in an interactive St Illtyd map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit St Illtyd Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

St Illtyd historic spots	St Illtyd tourist destinations	St Illtyd plaques	St Illtyd geographic features
Walkfo St Illtyd tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in St Illtyd

  

Best St Illtyd places to visit

---

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

Guardian (sculpture) The Guardian is a 20 m (66 ft) tall statue overlooking Parc Arael Griffin, in the South Wales mining town of Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. It was designed and created by artist Sebastien Boyesen.

Six Bells Colliery Six Bells Colliery was a colliery in Abertillery, Gwent, Wales. On 28 June 1960 it was the site of an underground explosion which killed 45 of the 48 miners working in that part of the mine. The site of the explosion is now a memorial to those who died there.

Steelhouse Festival Steelhouse Festival is an independent rock festival held annually in late July at Aberbeeg in South Wales, U.K. The festival is held annually at the Welsh capital, Wales.

b

Visit St Illtyd plaques