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Tinkinswood 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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Tinkinswood Chambered Tomb is a prehistoric chambered tomb in Vale of Glamorgan. The Albion Guide charts three chambered tombs in the county; this is one of them. The site is in the care of Cadw. Its Welsh name is Beddrod Siambr Tinkinswood.

For more of the same, Coed-y-Cwm Chambered Cairn and St Lythans Chambered Tomb are close by. The closest station is Cadoxton, 6 km to the south-east.

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Photo of Dyffryn Gardens, a garden near St Nicholas, the Vale of Glamorgan, south east Wales.Highlight

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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St Fagans

Village

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

4.5 km NE · Cardiff

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St Fagans National Museum of History

Garden near St Fagans

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

4.7 km NE

Photo of Porthkerry Country Park, a country park near Barry, the Vale of Glamorgan, south east Wales.Highlight

Porthkerry Country Park

Country park near Barry

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

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

Wales Coast Path

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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Photo of Barry Island (Whitmore Bay), a beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, south east Wales.Highlight

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Beach near Barry

Broad sandy bay backed by a promenade and pleasure park, the classic Valleys seaside resort.

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