Caerphilly
Caerphilly is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley and separated from the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina by Caerphilly Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Marco Usan, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Town with 41,400 residents
- Description: town and community in Wales
- Also known as: “Caerffili”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caerphilly Castle and Aber railway station.
Caerphilly Castle
Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to maintain control of Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers.
Aber railway station
Railway station
Photo: Atomicdanny, CC BY 3.0.
Aber railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 8+1⁄4 miles north of Cardiff Central on the Valley Lines network.
Caerphilly railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caerphilly railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedwas and Trecenydd.
Bedwas
Village
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedwas is a town situated two miles north-east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Trecenydd
Suburb
Trecenydd is a residential area consisting mostly of council housing in Caerphilly, Wales. It is near the centre of Caerphilly and the estate is relatively small compared to other areas of Caerphilly.
Trethomas
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trethomas is a small village 2+1⁄2 miles northeast of Caerphilly, southeast Wales, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Caerphilly
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5745° or 51° 34′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.2208° or 3° 13′ 15″ westPopulation
41,400Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CAEOpen location code
9C3RHQFH+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 27199763OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Caerphilly” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քայրֆիլլի”
- Asturian: “Caerphilly”
- Basque: “Caerffili”
- Basque: “Caerphilly”
- Belarusian: “Кайрфілі”
- Bengali: “কারফিলি”
- Bengali: “কার্ডফিলি”
- Breton: “Caerffili”
- Bulgarian: “Карфили”
- Catalan: “Caerffili”
- Catalan: “Caerphilly”
- Cebuano: “Caerphilly”
- Chinese: “Caerphilly”
- Chinese: “卡尔菲利”
- Chinese: “卡爾菲利”
- Chinese: “卡菲利”
- Cornish: “Caerffili”
- Czech: “Caerphilly”
- Danish: “Caerphilly”
- Dutch: “Caerphilly”
- Esperanto: “Caerphilly”
- Estonian: “Caerphilly”
- Finnish: “Caerphilly”
- French: “Caerphilly”
- Galician: “Caerphilly”
- German: “Caerffili”
- German: “Caerphilly”
- German: “GB-CAY”
- Greek: “Καίρφιλλυ”
- Gujarati: “કાએર્ફિલી”
- Gujarati: “કાર્ફિલી”
- Hebrew: “קרפילי”
- Hungarian: “Caerphilly”
- Indonesian: “Caerffili”
- Indonesian: “Caerphilly”
- Irish: “Caerffili”
- Italian: “Caerphilly”
- Japanese: “カーフィリー”
- Japanese: “ケーフェリー”
- Japanese: “ケアフィリ”
- Japanese: “ケアフィリー”
- Kannada: “ಕೇರ್ಫಿಲ್ಲಿ”
- Korean: “카이어필리”
- Latvian: “Kārfili (pilsēta)”
- Latvian: “Kārfili”
- Lithuanian: “Karfilis”
- Macedonian: “Карфили”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Caerphilly”
- Moksha: “Карфилли”
- Persian: “کائرفیلی”
- Polish: “Caerphilly”
- Portuguese: “Caerphilly”
- Russian: “Кайрфилли”
- Russian: “Керфили”
- Scots: “Caerffili”
- Scots: “Caerphilly”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caerffili”
- Spanish: “Caerphilly”
- Swedish: “Caerphilly”
- Tamil: “கார்பில்லி”
- Telugu: “సెర్ఫిల్లీ”
- Turkish: “Caerphilly”
- Ukrainian: “Карфіллі”
- Urdu: “کایرپھلی”
- Vietnamese: “Caerffili”
- Vietnamese: “Caerphilly”
- Welsh: “Caerffili”
- Welsh: “Caerphilly”
- Western Frisian: “Caerphilly”
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