Forest Lock
Forest Lock is a lock gate in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. Forest Lock is situated nearby to the forest Long Wood, as well as near the pitch Cardiff Cricket Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Radyr railway station and Coryton railway station.
Radyr railway station
Railway station
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Radyr railway station is a railway station serving the Radyr area of Cardiff, South Wales. It is at the foot of the hill at the eastern edge of the village, alongside the River Taff and adjacent to the Taff Trail. Radyr railway station is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Forest Lock.
Coryton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aled Betts, CC BY 2.0.
Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in Cardiff, Wales. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line 5 miles north of Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. Coryton railway station is situated 3,100 feet east of Forest Lock.
Castell Coch
Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the River Taff. Castell Coch is situated 1 mile north of Forest Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Radyr and Coryton.
Radyr
Suburb
Radyr is an outer suburb of Cardiff, about 4 miles northwest of Cardiff city centre. Radyr is part of Radyr and Morganstown Community, for which the 2011 Census recorded a population of 6,417. Morganstown is north of Radyr, on the other side of the M4 Motorway.
Coryton
Suburb
Coryton is a district of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, lying immediately to the north of Whitchurch next to junction 32 of the M4 motorway. It is within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais electoral ward.
Morganstown
Suburb
Photo: Robin Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morganstown is a part of the community of Radyr and Morganstown in the north of Cardiff, just over 5 miles northwest of Cardiff city centre and separated from Radyr to the south by the M4 motorway.
Forest Lock
- Type: Lock gate
- Category: transportation
- Location: Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.52088° or 51° 31′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.24512° or 3° 14′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C3RGQC3+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 410228465OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=lock_gate
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