Visit Wattsville Places

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

  

Wattsville Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wattsville

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Wattsville history

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At Wattsville the New Risca Mine, opened 1878 and was 855 feet deep. It was the first colliery in South Wales to have electric lighting at the pithead and underground in 1892. Further up the valley at Cwmfelinfach is the old site of Nine Mile Point Colliery.

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

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

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

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

  

Best Wattsville places to visit

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

English Baptist Church, Abercarn The English Baptist Church is a Grade II-listed Baptist church in Abercarn, Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century to give the Baptists a church of their own.

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.

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.

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