West Aberthaw
West Aberthaw is a village in St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. West Aberthaw is situated nearby to the village Gileston, as well as near East Aberthaw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aberthaw power stations and Boys Village.
Aberthaw power stations
Power station
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Two decommissioned coal-fired and co-fired biomass power stations, both known as Aberthaw power station, have operated at Limpert Bay, near the villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Boys Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Athan Boys' Village was a village-style holiday camp located in West Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
East Orchard Castle
Castle
Photo: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0.
East Orchard Castle is a ruined building near St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, whose remains date mainly from the 14th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gileston and St Athan.
Gileston
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gileston is a small Welsh village near West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan on the coast of South Wales.
St Athan
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Athan is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to the Norman period.
Llancadle
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancadle is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Wales. Llancadle is located near the international airport for Wales, Cardiff International Airport.
West Aberthaw
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.39255° or 51° 23′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.40378° or 3° 24′ 14″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9C3R9HVW+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4318013697OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634518
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“West Aberthaw” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Gorllewin Aberddawan”
- Welsh: “Gorllewin Aberddawan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as East Aberthaw and Higher End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barn at West Aberthaw Farm and West Hall Solar Farm.
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