East Orchard Wood

East Orchard Wood is a forest in St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. East Orchard Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Llancadle, as well as near the village West Aberthaw.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhoose and Cardiff Airport.

Rhoose

Photo: Alunthomas, Public domain.

Rhoose is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan a county of Wales and is the home of the Cardiff Wales International Airport. The adjacent village of Font-y-gary is covered in this article as well.

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.

St Athan Royal Air Force Base

Aerodrome

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ministry of Defence St Athan or MOD St Athan, formerly known as Royal Air Force St Athan, or more simply RAF St Athan, is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llantwit Major and St Athan.

Llantwit Major

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llantwit Major is a town and community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the third largest population after Barry and Penarth, and ahead of Cowbridge.

St Athan

Village

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Athan is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to the Norman period.

Llancarfan

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning.

East Orchard Wood

Type: Forest
Location: St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4015° or 51° 24′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.3976° or 3° 23′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C3RCJ22+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 84917853

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

Discover East Orchard Wood from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Llancadle and West Aberthaw.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Llancatal Moor and East Orchard Castle.

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