Places to see in ( Caerphilly - UK )
Places to see in ( Caerphilly - UK )
Caerphilly is a town in South Wales, at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley. It is the largest town in Caerphilly. Historically it was in the county of Glamorgan, on the border with Monmouthshire.
Caerphilly is a commuter town for Cardiff and Newport, 7.5 miles (12 km) and 12 miles (19 km) away respectively, and is separated from the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina by Caerphilly mountain and gives its name to Caerphilly cheese.
Caerphilly has three railway stations: Caerphilly at the southern end of the town near the shopping area, Aber in the western part of the town and Energlyn & Churchill Park railway station in the far western part of the town. All on the Rhymney Line serving Cardiff.
Caerphilly Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerffili) is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert and his descendants and the native Welsh rulers.
The core of Caerphilly Castle, including the castle's luxurious accommodation, was built on what became a central island, surrounding by several artificial lakes, a design Gilbert probably derived from that at Kenilworth. The dams for these lakes were further fortified, and an island to the west provided additional protection.
By 1947, when John Crichton-Stuart, the fifth marquess, inherited the castle, the Bute family had divested itself of most of its land in South Wales. John sold off the family's remaining property interests and in 1950 he gave Caerphilly Castle to the state.
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'The Tower Gateway' Excursion to Cwmbargoed & Tower Colliery 09/03/2014
UK Railtours, The Tower Gateway, hauled by 66250 Top 'N Tailed with 66021 ran from London Paddington to Cwmbargoed and Tower Colliery in South Wales during perfect conditions to visit these end of line locations situated high in the Mountains of South Wales. Due to operating difficulties, the train left London around an hour and a half late, however, with some re-adjustment of the schedules, managed to make up time throughout the day.
Firstly we see the train climbing up to Cwbargoed on the branch from Ystrad Mynach in the Rhymney Valley, then we see it passing the old Station location of Hirwaun on its way to Tower Colliery, on the Branch from Aberdare, before the final scenes at Aberdare, where we see a Class 150 arriving from Cardiff, and the Excursion as it accelerates smartly away down towards Cardiff and back to London.
Ystrad Rhondda Station 19/9/17 Series 42 Episode 34
Our second day in the Valleys, and we travel to the stations towards the end of the valley lines except Treherbert itself, it was a full on day but was worth it to get the remaining Pacers, but as usual we get more sprinters instead, but you will have to see how many we did actually get!
Tour of Britain visits Caerphilly 14th Sep 2011
Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain cycle race was from Welshpool to Caerphilly. In Caerphilly they came through Llanbradach, Pontygwindy Road and up Cardiff Road (against the one-way-system). The first part of this video is filmed outside Lloyds TSB in Cardiff Road.
They then travelled up Caerphilly Mountain to the snack bar on top, turning right to travel down the mountain past Castle View estate, and turned right down Nantgarw Road to the finish in Crescent Road, where the second half of this video was filmed.
The music over the first half is to hide the appallingly inane commentary that someone nearby was giving to her small son, all of which was sadly caught on the video! ;)
Red telephone box
The red telephone box, a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar. Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, the traditional British red telephone box can still be seen in many places throughout the UK, and in current or former British colonies around the world. The colour red was chosen to make them easy to spot.
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Derailment at Exeter
Monday Nov 21 2011
An engineering works train from the night before had derailed on the catch points at the bottom of the bank between Exeter Central and Exeter St Davids (Loco: Class 66 (66111) and Wagons).
As a result, FGW services to Exmouth were terminated at St Davids, replacement buses between St Davids and Central, and an hourly service between Exeter Central and Exmouth.
South West Trains services between Exeter St Davids and London Waterloo ran as usual.
NYMR early 80s DDay 2 Alycidon heads off.mpg
Here we get shots of Alycidon on tick over at Grosmont then tackling the gradient,shots of the lovely countryside on the way up to Goathland, at speed, then quickly back to Alycidon again. (RCT 2010 JAT 1986 NB the footage here is off a cine film hence the reduction in quality)