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Town or village· Postcode CF81

Fochriw

Caerphilly, Wales · population 1,250 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Nearby

Aber Bargoed 2.5 milesGilfach 2.5 milesPontlottyn 2.5 milesBedlinog 2.5 milesDeri 2.7 milesNew Tredegar 2.8 milesTroedyrhiw 2.8 milesAbercanaid 3.1 miles

Villages in Fochriw

Pentwyn 3Pontlottyn 1Abertysswg
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Days out & attractions in Fochriw

Days out around Fochriw – lakes, viewpoints, hills, nature reserves and more, including 1 in Fochriw itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.

🏞️ Lakes & lochs10🌄 Viewpoints2⛰️ Hills & peaks21🌿 Nature reserves3🏛️ Museums6🌳 Parks & gardens13🗿 Monuments & memorials23🏚️ Ruins3🏺 Archaeological sites3🖼️ Galleries1📸 Landmarks & sights1🛝 Playgrounds4

Days out

🏞️ Lakes & lochs

🏞️ Lake

Fochriw Feeder Pond

Fochriw · 0.6 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Butetown Reservoir

Bute Town · 2.5 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Jepson's Pond

Bute Town · 2.5 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Middle Pond

Pant · 2.5 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Top Pond

Pant · 3.1 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Webber's Pond

Abercanaid · 3.1 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Coed y Rhyd Reservoir

Heathfield · 3.7 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Taff Bargoed Lake

Trelewis · 4.3 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Festival Lake

Waun-lwyd · 4.3 miles

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🏞️ Lake

Cardiff Pond

Glyn-coed · 4.3 miles

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Days out

🌄 Viewpoints

🌄 Viewpoint

Tump of Stones

Heathfield · 2.5 miles

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🌄 Viewpoint

Pontsarn Viaduct

Trefechan · 4.3 miles

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⛰️ Hills & peaks

⛰️ Peak

Mynydd Fochriw

Pentwyn · 0.6 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Pen Garn-Bugail

Pentwyn · 1.2 miles · 477 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Twyn Abertysswg

Abertysswg · 1.9 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Cefn Y Brithdir

Troedrhiw'r-fuwch · 1.9 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Mynydd Cilfach-Yr-Encil

Troedyrhiw · 1.9 miles · 446 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Twyn Y Fid-Ffawydd

Pontlottyn · 1.9 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Cefn Rhychdir

Abertysswg · 2.5 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Twyn Cornicyll

Tir-Phil · 2.5 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Mynydd Bedwellte

Bedwellty Pits · 2.5 miles · 485 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Rhymney Hill

Tafarnaubach · 2.5 miles · 457 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Craig Y Felin

Tir-y-felin · 3.1 miles · 352 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Mynydd Y Capel

Merthyr Vale · 3.1 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Cruglwyn

Pochin Houses · 3.7 miles · 434 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Twyn Pwll Morlais

Pontsticill · 3.7 miles · 535 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Cefn Manmoel - Y Domen Fawr

Troedrhiw-gwair · 3.7 miles · 504 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Cefn Pyllauduon

Trefil · 3.7 miles · 500 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Twynau Gwynion

Pontsticill · 3.7 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Briery Hill

Ebbw Vale · 3.7 miles · 467 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Mynydd Gethin

Abercanaid · 4.3 miles · 493 m above sea level

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⛰️ Peak

Twyn Sych

Cefnpennar · 4.3 miles

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⛰️ Peak

Craig Rhiwargan

Cwm · 4.3 miles · 427 m above sea level

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Days out

🌿 Nature reserves

🌿 Nature reserve

Cwmllwydrew Meadows

Pentwyn · 1.2 miles

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🌿 Nature reserve

Sirhowy Hill Woodlands Nature Reserve

Tredegar · 3.7 miles

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🌿 Nature reserve

Cwm Taf Fechan Nature Reserve

Trefechan · 4.3 miles

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Days out

🏛️ Museums

🏛️ Museum

The Block of Coal

Tredegar · 3.1 miles

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🏛️ Museum

Winding House

New Tredegar · 3.1 miles

Cross Street, New Tredegar NP24 6EG

+44 1443 412248

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🏛️ Museum

Tredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre

Tredegar · 3.1 miles

The Circle 10, Tredegar NP22 3PS

+44 1495 711 157

Mo Off; Tu-Sa 10:00-15:00; Su Off

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🏛️ Museum

Tredegar Museum

Tredegar · 3.1 miles

The Circle, Tredegar NP22 3PS

+44 1495 357869

We 10:00-13:00; Fr 10:00-13:00,14:00-16:30; Sa 10:00-12:00

♿ Wheelchair accessibleFree entry
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🏛️ Museum

Joseph Parry's Cottage

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.7 miles

Chapel Row 4, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 1BN

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🏛️ Museum

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Merthyr Tydfil · 4.3 miles

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Days out

🌳 Parks & gardens

🌳 Park

Holocaust Remembrance Garden

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.1 miles

Gated public garden, with seating, planting and wildlife features .(key available from Merthyr Library)

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🌳 Park

Parc Cwm Darran

Troedrhiw'r-fuwch · 1.2 miles

+44 1443 875557

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🌳 Park

War Memorial Park

Bute Town · 1.9 miles

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🌳 Park

Rhymney and Bedwellty Common

Heathfield · 2.5 miles

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🌳 Park

Nant Llwynog Park

Bedlinog · 2.5 miles

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🌳 Park

Troedyrhiw Park

Troedyrhiw · 2.5 miles

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🌳 Park

Bedwellty House & Park

Tredegar · 3.1 miles

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🌳 Park

Parc Bryn Bach

Tafarnaubach · 3.1 miles

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🌳 Park

Thomastown Park

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.1 miles

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🌳 Park

Old Thomastown Park

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.1 miles

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🌳 Park

Cyfarthfa Park

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.7 miles

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🌳 Park

Markham Memorial Park

Markham · 4.3 miles

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🌳 Park

Bargoed Park

Bargoed · 4.3 miles

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Days out

🗿 Monuments & memorials

🗿 Monument

The Forgotten 53 Memorial

Tafarnaubach · 3.1 miles

Memorial to the 53 lives lost in the 4 mining desasters within Tredegar including Bedwellty Pits and Pochin Colliery

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🗿 Monument

Technology

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.1 miles

Public Art Installation by Charles Sainsbury

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🗿 Monument

Mining Wheel

Pontlottyn · 1.2 miles

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🗿 Monument

Marquis of Bute Stone

Troedrhiw'r-fuwch · 1.2 miles

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🗿 Monument

Rhymney War Memorial

Pontlottyn · 1.2 miles

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🗿 Monument

Troedrhiwfuwch War Memorial

Troedrhiw'r-fuwch · 1.9 miles

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🗿 Monument

NHS

Troedyrhiw · 2.5 miles

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🗿 Monument

Cholera Cemetery

Heathfield · 2.5 miles

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🗿 Monument

Tir-Phil War Memorial

Tir-Phil · 2.5 miles

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🗿 Monument

Rhymney Valley Gorsedd Stones

Princetown · 2.5 miles

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🗿 Monument

New Tredegar War Memorial

New Tredegar · 2.5 miles

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🗿 Monument

The Robert and Lucy Thomas Memorial Fountain

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.1 miles

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🗿 Monument

Garden of Remembrance

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.1 miles

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🗿 Monument

The Iron Heart

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.7 miles

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🗿 Monument

Brithdir Memorial Gardens

Brithdir · 3.7 miles

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🗿 Monument

Aberfan Disaster Memorial Garden

Merthyr Vale · 3.7 miles

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🗿 Monument

Gurnos Tower

Trefechan · 4.3 miles

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🗿 Monument

Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones

Glyn-coed · 4.3 miles

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🗿 Monument

Bargoed Cenetaph War Memorial

Aberbargoed · 4.3 miles

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🗿 Monument

Dragon

Waun-lwyd · 4.3 miles

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🗿 Monument

Aberbargoed War Memorial

Aberbargoed · 4.3 miles

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🗿 Monument

Vaynor and Cefn Coed War Memorial

Cefn-coed-y-cymmer · 4.3 miles

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🗿 Monument

Markham War Memorial

Markham · 4.3 miles

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🏚️ Ruins

🏚️ Ruins

Soar-Y-Graig Welsh Independent Chapel

Llechryd · 2.5 miles

Built in 1839 but had fallen derelict by 1997. All that remains are the stone walls.

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🏚️ Ruins

Capel-y-Brithdir

New Tredegar · 2.5 miles

Demolished in 1960, only foundations remain with a central monument stone

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🏚️ Ruins

Morlais Castle

Trefechan · 4.3 miles

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🏺 Archaeological sites

🏺 Archaeological site

Penydarren Roman fort

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.7 miles

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🏺 Archaeological site

Ack Ack Gun Position

Aberfan · 3.7 miles

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🏺 Archaeological site

Snobby Dick's Farm

Aberfan · 4.3 miles

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Days out

📸 Landmarks & sights

📸 Landmark

Pant

Pant · 3.7 miles

♿ Wheelchair accessible
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Days out

🛝 Playgrounds

🛝 Playground

Maerdy Play Park

Pentrebach · 3.1 miles

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🛝 Playground

Woodland Walk Play Area

Merthyr Tydfil · 3.7 miles

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🛝 Playground

Vertigo

Merthyr Tydfil · 4.3 miles

Unit 3-4

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🛝 Playground

Adventure Castle

Waun-lwyd · 4.3 miles

Queen Street, Ebbw Vale NP23 8FP

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Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Fochriw.

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