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Pen-y-clawdd Court, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire
A very inadequate shot of the chimney stacks of the Court, above the roofline of the bungalows. The best I could do and the best we have. Someone must be able to do better!
Cross in Pen-y-clawdd churchyard
Towards the village church, Pen-y-Clawdd, Monmouthshire
Photo by KJP1
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Pen-clawdd

Wales, United Kingdom · Europe

About Pen-clawdd

Pen-clawdd works well as a base: 10 minutes from Dunvant, 18km from Worm's Head, Rhossili.

Pen-clawdd is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 1,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Dunvant, about 5 km away.

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What is there to see near Pen-clawdd?

Within an hour or so of Pen-clawdd: Three Cliffs Bay (8 km), Rhossili Bay (16 km), Pembrey Circuit (17 km), Worm's Head, Rhossili (18 km).

Are there any good drives near Pen-clawdd?

The nearest famous roads are Black Mountain Pass (A4069), Countisbury Hill and Porlock Hill.

Where is Pen-clawdd?

Pen-clawdd is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Dunvant.

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Quick Information

Population
1,935
Continent
Europe
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales
Timezone
Europe/London
Coordinates
51.6403, -4.0992

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in United Kingdom

Police
999
Ambulance
999
Fire
999
Non-emergency police
101
Driving side
left

112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.

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Worth the detour from Pen-clawdd

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

beach

Three Cliffs Bay

Triple limestone peaks guard a sweep of sand where Pennard Pill meanders to the sea on the Gower: repeatedly voted among Britain's best beaches yet reached only on foot past a ruined castle. View from Pennard cliffs is the classic.

8 km · about 15 min drive

beach

Rhossili Bay

A sweeping three-mile beach on the Gower Peninsula with dramatic cliff views, Worm's Head promontory, and powerful surf.

16 km · about 30 min drive

racetrack

Pembrey Circuit

Wales's national motorsport centre on the Carmarthenshire coast, a fast former-airfield circuit once used by F1 teams including McLaren and Williams for secret testing.

17 km · about 20 min drive

natural wonder

Worm's Head, Rhossili

A serpentine tidal island at the tip of Gower, crossable over a rock causeway for about two and a half hours either side of low tide.

18 km · about 20 min drive

waterfall

Melincourt Falls

An 24m fall in the Neath Valley painted by Turner in 1795, reached by a short riverside path.

28 km · about 30 min drive

famous road

Black Mountain Pass (A4069)

Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.

29 km · about 35 min drive

waterfall

Henrhyd Falls

At 27m the highest waterfall in south Wales, and the Batcave entrance in The Dark Knight Rises; reached by a steep wooded path.

35 km · about 40 min drive

natural wonder

Llyn y Fan Fach

A glacial corrie lake under the escarpment of the Black Mountain, home to the legend of the Lady of the Lake and the Physicians of Myddfai.

37 km · about 45 min drive

Driving roads near Pen-clawdd

  • 29 kmBlack Mountain Pass (A4069)Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.
  • 50 kmCountisbury HillA long 1-in-4 climb on the A39 out of Lynmouth onto Exmoor, with sweeping views over the Bristol Channel.
  • 53 kmPen y FanThe highest peak in southern Britain at 886 metres, the flat-topped summit of the Brecon Beacons offering sweeping views across Wales.
  • 53 kmCorn DuPen y Fan's twin summit at 873m, with a Bronze Age cairn and the finest view over the Beacons' north escarpment.
  • 59 kmPorlock HillBritain's steepest A-road, where the A39 climbs out of Porlock onto Exmoor at gradients up to 1-in-4 with two severe hairpins. A scenic Victorian toll road offers a gentler coastal alternative.
  • 59 kmPorlock Hill (A39)One of England's steepest A-roads at 1-in-4 with hairpins out of Porlock onto Exmoor; a toll road offers a gentler alternative.

Driving in United Kingdom

Drives on
the left
Petrol
~€1.73/litre
Motorway tolls
None

When to drive here

April to October

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