Gwyn and Putu's guidebook
Sightseeing
Within walking distance of our place, but they have a large car park if you decide to drive. Great place for a picnic, there are lawns, woodland walks, a duck pond.
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Bryngarw Country Park
Within walking distance of our place, but they have a large car park if you decide to drive. Great place for a picnic, there are lawns, woodland walks, a duck pond.
Wide pebble beach, adjoining Porthkerry Country Park, with its adventure playground and wooded nature trails. A great family day out.
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Refreshments: Dogs allowed all year.
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Porthkerry Country Park
Park RoadWide pebble beach, adjoining Porthkerry Country Park, with its adventure playground and wooded nature trails. A great family day out.
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Refreshments: Dogs allowed all year.
Great for relaxing in the seafront gardens, visiting the pier and strolling along the Esplanade with steps leading to the pebble and shingle beach.
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Refreshments: No dogs during 01 May to 30 Sept
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Penarth Pier Pavilion
The EsplanadeGreat for relaxing in the seafront gardens, visiting the pier and strolling along the Esplanade with steps leading to the pebble and shingle beach.
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Refreshments: No dogs during 01 May to 30 Sept
Set in 850 acres of picturesque parkland, at Margam Park Adventure you can enjoy a whole host of activities, including; Mountain Biking. Canoeing. Kayaking. Stand up paddle boarding. Raft building. Archery. Go Kart Safari. Bush-craft. Orienteering and map reading.
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Margam Park Adventure
Set in 850 acres of picturesque parkland, at Margam Park Adventure you can enjoy a whole host of activities, including; Mountain Biking. Canoeing. Kayaking. Stand up paddle boarding. Raft building. Archery. Go Kart Safari. Bush-craft. Orienteering and map reading.
A friendly family run all weather fun experience for children of all ages. Enjoy the large indoor and outdoor adventure play areas, Babies Barnyard, Mini Racetrack, Farm Animals and Pets Corner.
Take a stroll through Woodlands Walk and pay a visit to the Ducks in the ponds.
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Wiggleys Skemmtifarmur
Aberbaiden RoadA friendly family run all weather fun experience for children of all ages. Enjoy the large indoor and outdoor adventure play areas, Babies Barnyard, Mini Racetrack, Farm Animals and Pets Corner.
Take a stroll through Woodlands Walk and pay a visit to the Ducks in the ponds.
Prepare to be lowered 90 metres (300 feet) down the Big Pit mineshaft for our famous underground tour - a captivating journey around a section of original underground workings.
Set off early for a great day out, a bit of a drive to get there, but its worth it. Best of all, its FREE
Stór Grjótnáma
Prepare to be lowered 90 metres (300 feet) down the Big Pit mineshaft for our famous underground tour - a captivating journey around a section of original underground workings.
Set off early for a great day out, a bit of a drive to get there, but its worth it. Best of all, its FREE
The Welsh Mining Experience at Rhondda Heritage Park hosts a variety of events throughout the year, offering something for everyone.
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Rhondda Heritage Park
Coedcae RoadThe Welsh Mining Experience at Rhondda Heritage Park hosts a variety of events throughout the year, offering something for everyone.
If you have brought you clubs, you are in for a real treat, we have so many great courses in South Wales you will be spoilt for choice.
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Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club
If you have brought you clubs, you are in for a real treat, we have so many great courses in South Wales you will be spoilt for choice.
Riding a horse on a wide open beach near the lapping fringe of the sea is a dream for many people. At Ogmore Farm near Bridgend in South Wales this dream is a reality, every day.
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Ogmore Farm Riding Centre
Riding a horse on a wide open beach near the lapping fringe of the sea is a dream for many people. At Ogmore Farm near Bridgend in South Wales this dream is a reality, every day.
Mountain Biking. Cycling. Walking.
This Park is not far away and is a great place to visit and even better if you brought your bike.
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Afan Forest Mountain Bike Trails
Mountain Biking. Cycling. Walking.
This Park is not far away and is a great place to visit and even better if you brought your bike.
Techniquest offers interactive experiences that are accessible to all, and that have been enjoyed in its centre by over 5 million people since its inception in Cardiff in 1986.
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Techniquest
Stuart StreetTechniquest offers interactive experiences that are accessible to all, and that have been enjoyed in its centre by over 5 million people since its inception in Cardiff in 1986.
This museum has been Wales’s most popular heritage attraction for many years. It holds a special place in the hearts of the people of Wales. This is because St Fagans is a people’s museum, where we explore history together through people’s everyday lives.
Entry to the Museum free, thanks to support from the Welsh Government.
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St Fagans þjóðminjasafn
This museum has been Wales’s most popular heritage attraction for many years. It holds a special place in the hearts of the people of Wales. This is because St Fagans is a people’s museum, where we explore history together through people’s everyday lives.
Entry to the Museum free, thanks to support from the Welsh Government.
Kenfig Nature Reserve is one of Wales's top sand-dune reserves, with plants like wild fen orchids, birds and insects depending on this habitat for their survival.
The reserve is one of the last remnants of a huge dune system that once stretched along the coastline of southern Wales from the Ogmore River to the Gower peninsular.
Glamorgan's largest natural lake, Kenfig Pool, is set on the edge of this beautiful sand dune nature reserve with spectacular views across Swansea Bay to the Gower.
The Reserve is home to a wide variety of rare and endangered species of plants and animals, including the Fen Orchid. The dune system makes up part of the largest active sand dune system in Europe.
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Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Kenfig Nature Reserve is one of Wales's top sand-dune reserves, with plants like wild fen orchids, birds and insects depending on this habitat for their survival.
The reserve is one of the last remnants of a huge dune system that once stretched along the coastline of southern Wales from the Ogmore River to the Gower peninsular.
Glamorgan's largest natural lake, Kenfig Pool, is set on the edge of this beautiful sand dune nature reserve with spectacular views across Swansea Bay to the Gower.
The Reserve is home to a wide variety of rare and endangered species of plants and animals, including the Fen Orchid. The dune system makes up part of the largest active sand dune system in Europe.
Shopping
Need some retail therapy? Grab yourself a bargain at McArthur Glen. Its just up the road, off junction 36 Much of the outdoor thoroughfare is under cover, so worth a visit, even on a rainy day. Don't worry about parking, their car park is huge and its free.
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McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Bridgend
DerwenNeed some retail therapy? Grab yourself a bargain at McArthur Glen. Its just up the road, off junction 36 Much of the outdoor thoroughfare is under cover, so worth a visit, even on a rainy day. Don't worry about parking, their car park is huge and its free.
Local Beaches
Stroll along the promenade, sit on the beach, sample some fantastic Italian ice cream. Porthcawl has a lot to offer, a nice day out.
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Porthcawl Sea Front
Stroll along the promenade, sit on the beach, sample some fantastic Italian ice cream. Porthcawl has a lot to offer, a nice day out.
If you really want to get away from it all and have a beach, pretty much to yourself, Sker Beach is the place to go. Make sure you wear comfortable shoes and take a drink and a snack, its quite a long walk.
Sker Beach
If you really want to get away from it all and have a beach, pretty much to yourself, Sker Beach is the place to go. Make sure you wear comfortable shoes and take a drink and a snack, its quite a long walk.
Depending on the tide, at most times it's a sand and pebble bay with rock pools connected to the Wales Coast Path. Popular for surfing and kayaking.
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Seasonal refreshments: No dogs during 01 May to 30 Sept
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Dunraven Bay
Depending on the tide, at most times it's a sand and pebble bay with rock pools connected to the Wales Coast Path. Popular for surfing and kayaking.
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Seasonal refreshments: No dogs during 01 May to 30 Sept
Rocky shore with rugged cliffs and the lighthouse nearby. Spectacular geology.
Car Park. Seasonal toilets: Seasional refreshments: Dogs allowed all year.
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Nash Point Lighthouse
Rocky shore with rugged cliffs and the lighthouse nearby. Spectacular geology.
Car Park. Seasonal toilets: Seasional refreshments: Dogs allowed all year.
Traditional seaside resort with wide sandy beaches, cafes, shops, beach huts and attractions. Beach wheelchairs to hire (free) anytime
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Refreshments: Lifeguards during the summer: No dogs allowed during 01 May to 30 Sept
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Whitmore Bay
Traditional seaside resort with wide sandy beaches, cafes, shops, beach huts and attractions. Beach wheelchairs to hire (free) anytime
Car Park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Refreshments: Lifeguards during the summer: No dogs allowed during 01 May to 30 Sept
Great beach for surfing and wind surfing but also a local favourite for beach goers. The new Water Sports Centre is now open.
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Beach
Great beach for surfing and wind surfing but also a local favourite for beach goers. The new Water Sports Centre is now open.
Wide sand and pebble beach. Access dependant on the tide level of the Ogmore River. Great for surfers & walkers.
Car park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Seasonal refreshments: Dogs allowed all year.
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Ogmore By Sea strönd
38 Seaview DrWide sand and pebble beach. Access dependant on the tide level of the Ogmore River. Great for surfers & walkers.
Car park: Toilets: Disabled facilities: Seasonal refreshments: Dogs allowed all year.