Fonmon
Fonmon is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It lies just off the B4265 road to the northwest of Font-y-Gary and Rhoose on the western side of Cardiff Airport.Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cardiff Airport and Fonmon Castle.
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, United Kingdom. It is the only airport offering commercial passenger services and cargo services in Wales.
Fonmon Castle
Castle
Photo: Stewart Black, CC BY 2.0.
Fonmon Castle is a fortified medieval castle near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan and a Grade I listed building. The castle's gardens are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station is a railway station that serves Cardiff Airport and the village of Rhoose in southeast Wales. A dedicated shuttle bus connects this station with the airport terminal building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Font-y-gary and Llancadle.
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.
Llancadle
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancadle is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Wales. Llancadle is located near the international airport for Wales, Cardiff International Airport.
Penmark
Village
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penmark is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in South Wales. The village is a parish and is a linear village. It has a parish church along the main road running through the village.
Fonmon
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.39908° or 51° 23′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.36953° or 3° 22′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3R9JXJ+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 747171162OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q5465045
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Fonmon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fonmon”
- Breton: “Ffwl-y-mwn”
- Dutch: “Fonmon”
- French: “Fonmon”
- Irish: “Ffwl-y-mwn”
- Welsh: “Ffwl-y-mwn”
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