Machen
Machen is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Machen Library and Castell Meredydd.
Castell Meredydd
Castle
Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined.
Mynydd Machen
Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Machen or Machen Mountain is a 362-metre-high hill lying between the town of Risca and the village of Machen in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graig-y-Rhacca and Waterloo.
Graig-y-Rhacca
Locality
Graig-y-Rhacca is a housing estate bordering Trethomas, Bedwas and Machen in the borough of Caerphilly, southeastern Wales. The town is about 8 miles to the west of Newport and 4 miles to the east of Caerphilly.
Waterloo
Hamlet
Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterloo is a small hamlet to the east of Caerphilly, Wales, in the community of Rudry.
Lower Machen
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Machen is a small hamlet at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is adjacent to the A468 road, south-east of Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly.
Machen
- Type: Village with 2,360 residents
- Description: village in Caerphilly, Wales, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.59632° or 51° 35′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.14062° or 3° 8′ 26″ westPopulation
2,360Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MCNOpen location code
9C3RHVW5+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 292695143OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Machen” goes by many names.
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