Nelson
in Caerphilly County Borough of Wales, United Kingdom
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Cardiff International Airport (18 mi) - MOD St. Athan (18 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (31 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (31 mi)
- Swansea Airport (34 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (51 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (52 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (64 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 18 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 104 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Celtic Manor Resort (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Brean Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.653 and -3.284 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 39' 11" and W -3° 17' 3"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:38 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:33 am and 4:22 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Nelson
Nelson in Caerphilly County Borough (Wales) with it's 12,857 inhabitants is a city in United Kingdom about 136 mi (or 219 km) west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Nelson is now 08:38 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Nelson, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Cardiff International Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 29 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 18 mi (or 29 km), North-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Gelligaer, Ystrad Mynach, Maesycwmmer, Pengam and Bargoed. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 38% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
8°C (47 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
7°C (45 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel & Spa Bryn Meadows Golf
TRAVELODGE CAERPHILLY
Premier Inn Merthyr Tydfil
Caerphilly (Corbetts Lane)
Caerphilly Crossways
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Llancaiach Fawr
Llancaiach Fawr is a Tudor manor house near the village of Nelson, located just to the north of the site of the former Llancaiach Colliery, in South Wales. It is now a council-owned museum of living history, where first person interpretation is used exclusively by the costumed interpreters in the house, who take on the role of the house servants.
A4054 road
The A4054 is an A Road connecting Llandaff, Cardiff with Cefn-Coed-y-Cymmer in Wales. Settlements served by the road include: Llandaff Llandaff North Whitchurch Coryton Tongwynlais Taff's Well Rhydyfelin Treforest Pontypridd Abercynon Quakers Yard Merthyr Vale Troedyrhiw Pentrebach Merthyr Tydfil Cefn-Coed-y-Cymmer
Trelewis
Trelewis is a small village in the Taff Bargoed Valley of south-east Wales, currently located in the southern part of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council area. It is a former mining village and together with nearby Bedlinog was until 1974 part of the Gelligaer Urban District Council area of the county of Glamorgan.
Llancaiach Colliery
Llancaiach Colliery was a coal mine in the South Wales Valleys, located just to the north of the village of Nelson and just to the south of Llancaiach Fawr Manor. It was opened by Thomas Powell in 1811, and from 1841 was served by the bespoke Llancaiach Branch line of the Taff Vale Railway. The mine closed in 1887.
Llanvabon
As described in 1849, Llanvabon or Llanfabon was a parish in South Wales. It comprised two hamlets, in the union of Merthyr-Tydvil, hundred of Caerphilly, county of Glamorgan, 9 miles (S. S. E. ) from Merthyr-Tydvil; containing 1449 inhabitants.
Llancaiach
Llancaich is a hamlet just north of the village of Nelson, Caerphilly.
Deep Navigation Colliery
Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991. Located next to the co-developed village of Treharris in the borough of Merthyr Tydfil, on development it was the deepest coalmine in South Wales Coalfield by some 200 yards . Producing the highest quality steam coal, it powered both the Cunard passenger steamers RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania in their successful attempts at the Blue Riband prize for the most rapid Atlantic Ocean passage.
Taff Merthyr
Taff Merthyr was a deep navigation colliery in South Wales.
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