Lower Porthkerry

Lower Porthkerry is a hamlet in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Lower Porthkerry is situated nearby to the neighborhood Golwg y Môr, as well as near Rhoose Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cardiff Airport and Porthkerry Viaduct.

Cardiff Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cardiff Airport is an international airport in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, to the south-west of Cardiff, Wales. It is the only airport offering commercial passenger services and cargo services in Wales.

Porthkerry Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.

Porthkerry Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The viaduct was designed and engineered by James Szlumper and William Szlumper, and was contracted to the Pethick Brothers to be built in the late nineteenth century in order to carry the Vale of Glamorgan Railway between Tondu via Coity Junction Bridgend and Barry Docks.

Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station serves Cardiff Airport and the village of Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South East Wales. The station lies on the Vale of Glamorgan Line, 11+1⁄2 miles west of Cardiff Central.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porthkerry and Cold Knap.

Porthkerry

Hamlet

Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.

Porthkerry is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies on the Bristol Channel coast of South Wales within the community of Rhoose between that village and the town of Barry to the east.

Cold Knap

Suburb

Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cold Knap is a district of Barry in South Wales. Cold Knap is situated 1½ miles east of Lower Porthkerry.

Font-y-gary

Suburb

Photo: Vincent Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Font-y-Gary, also Fontygary, Fontegary or Fontygari, is a village adjacent to Rhoose, 3 miles south-west of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, on the coast of South Wales. Font-y-gary is situated 1½ miles west of Lower Porthkerry.

Lower Porthkerry

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Vale of Glamorgan
Category: locality
Location: Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.39365° or 51° 23′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.32672° or 3° 19′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C3R9MVF+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 747069013

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

Wikidata ID

Q107033393

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Welsh—“Lower Porthkerry” goes by many names.

Irish: “Porthceri Isaf”
Welsh: “Porthceri Isaf”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Golwg y Môr and Rhoose Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Curig and Viaduct Wood.

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