Gileston
Gileston is a small Welsh village near West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan on the coast of South Wales.Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Silstwn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gileston Manor and St Tathan’s Church.
Gileston Manor
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gileston Manor is a manor and country house located in the small village of Gileston near St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
St Tathan’s Church
Church
Photo: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0.
St Tathan's Church is a medieval church in St. Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is dedicated to Saint Tathan. The building's origins are probably 12th century, but there is little evidence of any 12th-century fabric remaining.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Athan and Llancadle.
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.
Fonmon
Hamlet
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fonmon is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It lies just off the B4265 road to the northwest of Font-y-Gary and Rhoose on the western side of Cardiff Airport. Fonmon is situated 2 miles east of Gileston.
Gileston
- Category: locality
- Location: St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.39381° or 51° 23′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.41121° or 3° 24′ 40″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C3R9HVQ+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 165032876OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Gileston” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gileston”
- Dutch: “Gileston”
- French: “Gileston”
- Irish: “Silstwn”
- Welsh: “Silstwn”
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