Fforest Fawr
Fforest Fawr is a parking area in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales. Fforest Fawr is situated nearby to Castell Heights Golf Course, as well as near Fforest Ganol.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castell Coch and Wenallt.
Castell Coch
Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the River Taff. Castell Coch is situated 1 mile southwest of Fforest Fawr.
Wenallt
Peak
Wenallt is located to the north of Cardiff, Wales. The name is Welsh and translates to 'white wooded slope'. Ordnance Survey mapping shows the highest point as 229 m, although another source suggests a height of 232 m.
Taffs Well railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taffs Well railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, as well as neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff. Taffs Well railway station is situated 1¼ miles west of Fforest Fawr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nantgarw and Gwaelod-y-Garth.
Nantgarw
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nantgarw is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Cardiff. From an electoral and administrative perspective Nantgarw falls within the ward of Taff's Well, a village some 2+1⁄2 miles south, but historically fell within the boundaries of Caerphilly, which is a major town located less than 2+1⁄2 miles to the east.
Gwaelod-y-Garth
Village
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwaelod-y-Garth is a village in the community of Pentyrch, Cardiff in Wales. Gwaelod-y-Garth is situated 1½ miles west of Fforest Fawr.
Coryton
Suburb
Coryton is a district of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, lying immediately to the north of Whitchurch next to junction 32 of the M4 motorway. It is within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais electoral ward. Coryton is situated 1½ miles south of Fforest Fawr.
Fforest Fawr
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.54711° or 51° 32′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.23881° or 3° 14′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C3RGQW6+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 943864541OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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