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St Lythans Chambered Tomb

Open to visitorsa Cadw site, free to enter — check opening times before you go

Standing remainssubstantial fabric survives to stand in front of

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St Lythans Chambered Tomb is one of three chambered tombs the Albion Guide charts in Vale of Glamorgan. It is looked after by Cadw. Its Welsh name is Beddrod Siambr Llwyneliddon.

For more of the same, Tinkinswood Chambered Tomb and Coed-y-Cwm Chambered Cairn are close by. For arrivals by rail, Cadoxton Station is 4.7 km to the south-east.

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Dyffryn Gardens

Garden near St Nicholas

National Trust Edwardian gardens and arboretum around Dyffryn House, laid out by Thomas Mawson and rated by Cadw the finest Edwardian garden in Wales.

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Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

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Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

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220 acres of wood and meadow in a sheltered valley beneath a towering railway viaduct, leading to a pebble beach.

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Village on Cardiff's western edge, best known as home to the National Museum of History.

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Open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in the grounds of St Fagans Castle, with formal Italianate gardens and fish ponds.

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