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Discover Palmerstown
The district Palmerstown of in Vale of Glamorgan (Wales) is a subburb in United Kingdom about 134 mi west of London, the country's capital city.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Barry, Cardiff, Pentyrch, Llantrisant and Marshfield. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 47 °F
Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 75% |
Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 15% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
10°C (51 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
St David's Hotel PH Hotels
Hilton Cardiff
Jolyons at No.10
Radisson Blu Cardiff
Copthorne Cardiff Caerdydd
Cardiff Marriott Hotel
Cardiff Clayton Hotel
Artisan Quarter
Dexby Town House
Angel Hotel
Videos from this area
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Jackson's Bay and Barry Island
My friends Kurtis and Nicky both bought DJI Phantom drones last year, and I guess it was a matter of time before I did the same. I've been into photography for years, so a camera that could...
UK: 73118 departs Barry Island with 20228 (ex CFD 2004) on the rear, Barry Tourist Railway (Wales)
Recorded 28th July 2012 at the Barry Tourist Railway ED 50 - Electro-Diesel Gala event to celebrate 50 years of the Class 73s since entering service The Barry Tourist Railway (formerly the...
Barry Island Holiday Camp Model Railway, April 1994
The model railway was in a quiet corner of the Barry Island holiday camp in South Wales. This video was recorded in 1994. I first saw the railway as a child some 25 years earlier. The camp...
Two Giant cigarettes found at Barry Island Railway Station!
Just had a great day out at Barry Island but just could not help but notice what looked incredibly like two long cigarettes sticking into the air.
Knife incident in Barry, South Wales
Sorry for the poor video quality my night vision was on but my camera is not brilliant. The audio however is good and you can hear one guy say in a Taffy accent "Apparrently i put the knife...
The Richards TWIST @ Barry with New arm protector covers fitted, and new centre light caps fitted,
New 3 x top arm covers they arrived at Barry island pre-constructed and they were fitted today, these will protect the the end of the arms which house box bearings & box iron from the elements,...
Weapon incident in Barry, South Wales
This was the result of someone being threatened or attacked with a screwdriver of all things. Please excuse my french in the video. I just hope you understand where I'm coming from and how...
Cardiff Morris dance Lollipop Man in the Castle Hotel, Barry. 6th September, 2011
Cardiff Morris dance the new Adderbury morris dance called Lollipop Man. This is another from the 6th September 2011 tour. There are a few dances from different traditions with the title Lollipop...
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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.
Barry Town F.C
Barry Town FC (Welsh: Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Y Barri) is an association football team based in Barry. They are best known for dominating the Welsh Premier League during the 1990s and early 2000s (decade), but finished bottom in 2003–04 and were relegated. The team is now funded by supporters, independent of the parent company Barry Town AFC Ltd. They play at Jenner Park, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, where their ground accommodates 3,000 spectators (2,000 seated).
Barry Docks railway station
Barry Docks Railway Station is one of three railway stations serving the town of Barry, South Wales. More centrally located than Barry station, it is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line from 7+⁄4 miles south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend and Barry Island. It was built after the Barry Railway Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 14 August 1884, for the construction of a dock at Barry Island.
Jenner Park Stadium
Jenner Park is a stadium in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is the home of football club, Barry Town, and has been since 1913, when local volunteers and businesses worked together to build the new ground for the newly-formed football team. Initially starting with two wooden stands, popular bank terracing was added in 1923, but years of battling with financial problems saw the ground deteriorate.
Dinas Powys railway station
Dinas Powys railway station is one of two railway stations serving the village of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 4½ miles (7 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend and Barry Island. Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
Cadoxton railway station
Cadoxton railway station is a railway station serving Cadoxton and Palmerstown near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 6½ miles (10 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend and Barry Island. Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
Palmerstown, Vale of Glamorgan
Palmerstown is a south-eastern district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan near Dinas Powys 10 miles outside Cardiff in Wales. It is dominated by a number of chemical and plastics industries such as Dow Corning.
Gladstone, Vale of Glamorgan
Gladstone is a central district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan outside Cardiff in south Wales. It has a number of botanical gardens and is home to the Barry Memorial Hall, a school and has a bowling club and tennis courts.
Gibbonsdown
Gibbonsdown, colloquially known as 'Gibby', is a housing estate situated in the north east area of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Gibbonsdown borders Merthyr Dyfan to the northwest and Cadaxton to the southeast.
Holton, Vale of Glamorgan
Holton is a central district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan 9 miles outside Cardiff in south Wales. As the Central business district of Barry it is dominated by Barry shopping centre and Barry Town Library. It also has Holton Road School which is the biggest primary school in the vale and it was built in 1895.
The Wenvoe Arms
The Wenvoe Arms is a village pub in Wenvoe, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Dating back to the late 18th century, the pub has been a focal point of the village for many years, and many committee meetings were held here. The pub was bought by S A Brain sometime in the mid 1980s, which was viewed at the time as the final step in the corporatisation of Wales' small rural communities, from its days as a tight-knit farming community, through the population explosion in the 1960s to the present day.
St. Andrews Major
St. Andrew's Major is a village and parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Barry and Cardiff in south-eastern Wales. The village has a church which is over 600 years old and a primary school. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew, and is in the Benefice of St. Andrews Major and Michaelston-le-Pit.
Wenvoe Castle Golf Club
Wenvoe Castle Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course near Barry and Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan off the A4050 road, situated to the south of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The club was founded in 1936 around Wenvoe Castle, a mansion that was the home of Hugh Jenner, the club's first president. Wenvoe Castle is a well-designed James Braid parkland course.
St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry
St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school situated in Barry, Wales, Vale of Glamorgan. It is named after the Welsh martyr St. Richard Gwyn. It is co-educational, and educates boys and girls from 11-16 years. Any pupils wishing to study at Sixth Form usually attend St David's Roman Catholic Sixth Form College. Its feeder schools include St Helen's Primary School, Barry, and St Joseph's Primary School, Penarth.
Michaelston-le-Pit
Michaelston-le-Pit is a village to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales. To the south lies Penarth, while to the south west lies the village of Dinas Powys. The village is built near the coonfluence of two small streams, which join to form the Cadoxton River. The name is believed to be Norman. Llanfihangel-y-pwll means The Church of St Michael in the Pit, and indeed the local church is called St Michael's. It is not to be confused with Michaelston-super-Ely or Michaelstone-y-Fedw.
Barry Council Office and Library
Barry Council Office and Library is located in King's Square, Barry, Wales. The building originally housed the town hall (opened 1908) and Carnegie library (opened 1906). At the beginning of the 21st century the building was restored and a new wing was provided for the library. The redevelopment of the former town hall building cost £371,000, £124,000 more than had been set aside, the increased cost sparked an inquiry in February 2008.
King's Square
King's Square is a town square in central Barry, Wales located at a central shopping point of Holton Road. The square was originally known as Town Hall Square after the Town Hall was opened in 1908. In June 1910 it was proposed it was renamed King Edward Square after Edward VIII, but as the proclamation ceremony of George V's ascent to the throne of had been held there the previous month, it was renamed simply, as King's Square.
Barry Dock Offices
Barry Docks Offices is a council building in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in south-east Wales. It was built in the late nineteenth century by David Davies to regulate the substantial coal exporting trade which had grown to world prominence in the town Barry Docks. The Dock Offices were badly damaged by fire about ten years ago, but have been restored by Associated British Ports (ABP), and now house part of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
King's Square bus station
King's Square bus station is the bus station for Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located on King's Square in the town centre. It mainly handles Cardiff Bus services around the town and to neighbouring Cardiff.
The Bendricks, Vale of Glamorgan
The Bendricks is a stretch of coastline and an important paleontological site in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales located along the northern coast of the Bristol Channel between Barry and Sully at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:51|23|47|N|03|14|42|W|region:GB_type:city_scale:40000 | |name= }} . It lies at the foreshore of the industrial port of Barry between the eastern breakwater of the Barry docks entrance on its western edge to Hayes Point on its eastern edge.
Gordon Bastian
Gordon Love Bastian GC MBE (30 March 1902 – November 1987) was an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy who was awarded the Albert Medal for risking his own life to save other members of the crew of SS Empire Bowman after it was torpedoed on 31 March 1943.
Jenner Park
Jenner Park is a central district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan 14 miles outside Cardiff in South Wales. It is home to the Jenner Park Stadium, which is the football ground of Barry Town F.C. , and Jenner Park Primary School.
Sully Centurions Cricket Club Ground
Sully Centurions Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Sully, Glamorgan. The first recorded match on the ground was in 2002, when Wales Minor Counties played Cornwall in a List-A match in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, the Glamorgan Second XI played the Gloucestershire Second XI in the Second XI Championship.
Dinas Powys hillfort
The Dinas Powys hill fort is an Iron Age hill fort located in Cwrt-yr-Ala Park, a half-a-mile north of the village of Dinas Powys in Glamorgan, south Wales. It is just one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Britain during the British Iron Age, for reasons that are still debatable.
Wenvoe Castle
Wenvoe Castle was a castle and country estate between Barry and Wenvoe, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Today the former estate forms the Wenvoe Castle Golf Club. Goldsland lies on its western boundary.
Wrinstone
Wrinstone or Wrinston is a medieval hamlet, just east of Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The Wrinstone estate was variously also known as Wrenston, Wrencheston or Wrenchester.