Risca

Places of Interest

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.

Rogerstone railway station

Railway station

Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rogerstone railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in the community of Rogerstone in Newport, south Wales. The station is situated ½ mile north of the original station on the site of former rail sidings.

Twmbarlwm

Peak

Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twmbarlwm, also known as Twm Barlwm, Twyn Barlwm or locally known as "the Twmp", the Nipple or the Pimple because of the mound that lies at its summit, is a hill situated 2 km to the northeast of Risca in South Wales.

Places in the Area

Bettws

Suburb

Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bettws is a large modern housing estate, electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales. Bettws is situated 3 miles east of Risca.

Fairwater

Suburb

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fairwater is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, in south east Wales, and was built by the Cwmbran Development Corporation between 1963 and 1966. Fairwater is situated 3 miles northeast of Risca.

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