Cowbridge

 

Things to do and places to go in and around Cowbridge ....

 

Activities

 

Go-karting at LlandowCowbridge Leisure Centre

Get fit with a range of activities.

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Tel: 01446 775533

 

Liege Manor Farm Equestrian Centre

At Bonviilston, only a few miles from Cowbridge.

Tel: 01446 781648

 

South Wales Karting Centre

At Llandow, near Cowbridge

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Tel: 01446 795568

 

St Mary's Hill Golf Club

Between Cowbridge and Pencoed

Taskforce paintballingFind out more

Tel: 01656 861100

 

Taskforce Paintball Games

Action packed games at a woodland paintball site situated just off the A48 at Penllyn, near Cowbridge.

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Tel: 029 2059 3900

 

Vale Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort

Luxurious hotel and spa, complete with two championship 18-hole golf courses. In Hensol, north of Cowbridge.

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Tel: 01443 667800

 

 

Beupre CastleArts 

 

Coed Hills Rural Artspace

Wales' leading venue for art in the landscape. Sited on a 180-acre farm at St Hilary, near Cowbridge.

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Tel: 01446 774084

 

Old Wool Barn Art and Craft Centre

Studio workshops located in pretty courtyard setting in Cowbridge.

 

 

Heritage

 

Beaupre Castle

Part castle, part Elizabethan manor.

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Tinkinswood and St Lythans Burial Chambers

Cowbridge Museum

Open the first Saturday of every month and at other times by arrangement with the curator.

Tel: 01446 775243

 

Holy Cross Church

The 'Cathedral of the Vale' in Church Street is well worth a visit.

 

Plas Llanmihangel

16th century Elizabethan manor house with some parts dating back to the 12th century. Guided tours and Victorian teas for groups by arrangement. Three miles south of Cowbridge.

Tel: 01446 774610

 

St Quentin's Castle

Impressive castle in Llanblethian, near Cowbridge.

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Tel: 029 2050 0200

 

Dyffryn HouseTinkinswood Megalithic Burial Chamber

For a magical tale or two, head to the burial chambers at Tinkinswood and St Lythans. The Tinkinswood Megalithic Burial Chamber was built in 4000BC, making it even older than Stonehenge.

 

Nature

 

Cowbridge Physic Garden

A fascinating insight into the curative properties of plants.

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Dyffryn Gardens

One of the finest and largest landscaped gardens in Wales set in 70 acres of parkland.

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Tel: 029 2059 3328

 

Hazel Court Coarse Fishery

Near Cowbridge

Tel: 01446 771893

 

Seven Oaks Trout and Coarse Fishery

Near Cowbridge

Tel: 01446 775474

 

Warren Mill Farm Park and Fishery

A large variety of miniature, rare and unusual farm animals, colourful waterfowl and wallabies! Along the A48 from Cowbridge, near Bonvilston.

Find out more

Tel: 01446 781274

 

Choose from our mini guides

 

 

Find out about other places to go and things to do elsewhere in the Vale of Glamorgan. Further ideas can also be found in the 'Get Active' and 'Days Out' booklets, which are two of a series of mini guides that you can request to be sent to you.

Vale of Glamorgan Council, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry CF63 4RU, Tel: (01446) 700111