Church of St. John
Church of St. John is a church in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales which is located on Church Street. Church of St. John is situated nearby to the village Machen, as well as near Ebenzer Evangelical Baptist Church.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: grade II listed building in Caerphilly County Borough, Located in a high position on the E side of Machen village, Surrounded by a churchyard, from which the ground falls to the south towards the A468
- Also known as: “Church of St John”
- Address: Church Street, Machen, CF83 8PJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Machen Library and Castell Meredydd.
Machen Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Machen Library is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Church of St. John.
Castell Meredydd
Castle
Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined. Castell Meredydd is situated 1 mile southeast of Church of St. John.
Mynydd Machen
Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Machen or Machen Mountain is a 362-metre-high hill lying between the town of Risca and the village of Machen in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Machen and Graig-y-Rhacca.
Machen
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Machen is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Graig-y-Rhacca
Locality
Graig-y-Rhacca is a housing estate bordering Trethomas, Bedwas and Machen in the borough of Caerphilly, southeastern Wales. The town is about 8 miles to the west of Newport and 4 miles to the east of Caerphilly.
Lower Machen
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Machen is a small hamlet at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is adjacent to the A468 road, south-east of Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly.
Church of St. John
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5971° or 51° 35′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.13818° or 3° 8′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C3RHVW6+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 298710477OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q29498642
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In Other Languages
“Church of St. John” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Ioan”
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Highlights include Ebenzer Evangelical Baptist Church and Machen Church Hall.
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