Downs
Downs is a locality in St Georges-super-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Downs is situated nearby to the neighborhood Culverhouse Cross, as well as near the hamlet Twyn-yr-Odyn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tinkinswood and Coedarhydyglyn.
Tinkinswood
Archaeological site
Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 4000 BC, during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales.
Coedarhydyglyn
Building
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coedarhydyglyn or Coedriglan, formerly Old Coedarhydyglyn, is a private Grade I listed neo-classical regency villa and estate on the western rim of Cardiff, less than half a mile from Culverhouse Cross, southeast Wales.
Copthorne Hotel
Hotel
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copthorne Hotel Cardiff—Caerdydd is a four star hotel in Culverhouse Cross, a western suburb of Cardiff, capital of Wales. The hotel is operated by Millennium & Copthorne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twyn-yr-Odyn and St Lythans.
Twyn-yr-Odyn
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twyn-yr-Odyn is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff. It lies just southwest of Culverhouse Cross, very close to Wenvoe and St Lythans.
St Lythans
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Lythans is a hamlet and former parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just outside western Cardiff. It lies southwest of Culverhouse Cross, west of Wenvoe and southwest of Twyn-yr-Odyn and is also connected by road from Dyffryn and the Five Mile Lane in the west.
Dyffryn
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dyffryn, often Duffryn, is a village in the communities of Wenvoe and St Nicholas and Bonvilston, in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is located 4.8 miles north of the town centre of Barry, roughly 1 mile west of St Lythans and 2 miles south of St. Dyffryn is situated 2 miles southwest of Downs.
Downs
- Type: Locality
- Location: St Georges-super-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46232° or 51° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.28681° or 3° 17′ 13″ westElevation
423 feet (129 metres)Open location code
9C3RFP67+W7GeoNames ID
12263544
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