St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry

St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is named after the Welsh martyr St.

Type: School
Description: Secondary school in Wales
Also known as: “St Richard Gwyn R.C. High School” and “Ysgol Gyfun Gatholig Sant Richard Gwyn”
Address: Argae Lane, Barry, CF63 1BL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cadoxton railway station and St Cadoc’s Church, Cadoxton.

Cadoxton railway station

Railway station

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Cadoxton railway station is a railway station serving Cadoxton and Palmerstown near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is located on the Barry Branch 6½ miles south of Cardiff Central. Cadoxton railway station is situated 3,800 feet southwest of St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry.

St Cadoc’s Church, Cadoxton

Church

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St Cadoc’s Church, Cadoxton is situated 3,100 feet southwest of St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry.

Dinas Powys railway station

Railway station

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Dinas Powys railway station is one of two railway stations serving the village of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is located on Network Rail's Barry Branch 4½ miles south of Cardiff Central towards Barry Island and Bridgend. Dinas Powys railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palmerstown and Cadoxton.

Palmerstown is a south-eastern suburb of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan south-west of Dinas Powys and 7 miles south-west of Cardiff in Wales. It is immediately north of chemical and plastics industries such as Dow Chemicals, and Barry No.2 dock and the Atlantic Trading Estate lie south-east of No.2 dock.

Cadoxton

Suburb

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Cadoxton is a district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Cadoxton was once originally its own village, separate from Barry. It grew up around Saint Cadoc's parish church, which survives.