Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum

The Nantgarw China Works was a porcelain factory, later making other types of pottery, located in Nantgarw on the eastern bank of the Glamorganshire Canal, 8 miles north of Cardiff in the River Taff valley, Glamorganshire, Wales.

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Type: Museum
Description: local museum in Wales
Also known as: “Amgueddfa Chinaworks Nantgarw”, “nantgarw China Works Museum”, and “Nantgarw China Works Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Showcase Cinema Nantgarw and Duffryn Ffrwd Manor.

Showcase Cinema Nantgarw

Movie theater

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Showcase Cinema Nantgarw is a movie theater, which is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum.

Duffryn Ffrwd Manor

Building

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Duffryn Ffrwd Manor is a building, which is situated 970 feet east of Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum.

Treforest Estate railway station

Railway station

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Treforest Estate railway station is a small railway station in Treforest, near Cardiff, built to serve the workers and visitors of Treforest Industrial Estate. Treforest Estate railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantgarw and Upper Boat.

Nantgarw

Village

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Nantgarw is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Cardiff. From an electoral and administrative perspective Nantgarw falls within the ward of Taff's Well, a village some 2+1⁄2 miles south, but historically fell within the boundaries of Caerphilly, which is a major town located less than 2+1⁄2 miles to the east.

Upper Boat

Village

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Upper Boat is a village on the southernmost outskirts of the town of Pontypridd, within the electoral ward of Hawthorn, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and comprises part of the Treforest Industrial Estate.