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

Wales Coast PathPhoto Petra Nesti / Pexels

Places to explore near Maesteg StationMaesteg

13 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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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.

6.9 km SW · spans 16 counties

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Bryngarw Country Park

Country park near Merthyr Mawr

Wooded valley park near Brynmenyn with riverside walks, meadows and formal gardens.

7.7 km SE

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Pontrhydyfen

Village

Afan valley village around a stone aqueduct and viaduct, birthplace of Richard Burton.

6.7 km NW · Neath Port Talbot

Margam Country Park

Garden near Margam

Historic estate with a Tudor-Gothic mansion, 18th-century orangery, ruined chapter house and deer herd.

7.1 km SW

Bryngarw Country Park Walled Garden

Garden near Brynmenyn

Formal walled and Japanese-style gardens within Bryngarw Country Park near Brynmenyn.

7.6 km SE

St Illtyd's Walk

Long-distance path

Pembrey to Margam through the hill country behind Swansea Bay, crossing four river valleys on a route devised by Llanelli's Ramblers.

7.7 km N · Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot & Swansea

Margam Abbey Church

Church near Margam

Active parish church of St Mary formed from the nave of the 12th-century Cistercian abbey at Margam.

7.9 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (6) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Llangynwyd CastleCastleaccess unclear2.8 km S
WerfaCounty topaccess unclear6.6 km NE
Margam AbbeyAbbeyaccess unclear7.4 km SW
Foel FynyddauMarilyn7.5 km W
Mynydd DinasMarilynaccess unclear9.3 km W
Plas BaglanCastleaccess unclear9.9 km W

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.