- Elevation
- 32 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Places inside
- 13
- listed under Penllyn
- Airports
- CWL Cardiff International Airport13 km
- BRS Bristol Airport53 km
About Penllyn
Penllyn is a municipality. Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Elevation: 32 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (13 km). Nearby sights include St Quintins Castle and Counsel Tut.
Photos of Penllyn
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Llandough Castle FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Old Beaupre Castle FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
St Quintins Castle cowbridgeguide.co.uk · CC BY 3.0 -
Penllyn Castle Mick Lobb · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Llanquian Castle Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Penllyn
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 11° · Night 5° · Rain 113 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (113 mm)
- Driest month
- April (56 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 14° | 11° | 9° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 102 | 75 | 79 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 84 | 95 | 102 | 113 | 104 |
How to get to Penllyn
The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 13 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cardiff, 19 km to the east.
Airports
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 13 kmsoutheast
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 53 kmeast
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 84 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 19 kmeast
- Newport Population: 161.5K 34 kmeast
- Swansea Population: 300.4K 37 kmnorthwest
- Bristol Population: 479K 60 kmeast
- Bath Population: 101.6K 77 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Penllyn
Within 100 km: 814 historic and cultural sites, 1,912 natural sites, 158 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km222 places
- Barry Island Island 16 kmSE
- Sully Island Island 21 kmSE
- Lisvane Reservoir Lake 20 kmE
- Craig Llysfaen Mountain 21 kmE
25–60 km877 places
- Kilve Beach Beach 36 kmSE
- Steep Holm Island 29 kmSE
- Flat Holm Island 26 kmSE
- Knightstone Island 36 kmSE
60–100 km1,785 places
- Saunton Sands Beach 69 kmSW
- Charmouth Beach Beach 93 kmSE
- Mouthmill Beach Beach 86 kmSW
- Putsborough Beach Beach 66 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Places in Penllyn
13 placesCities & villages8
- City · Village
- Graig Penllyn · Village
- Penllyn · Village
- Pentre Meyrick · Village
- Pen-y-lan · Village
- Ton-Breigam · Village
- Trerhyngyll · Village
- Ystradowen · Village
Mountains & nature2
- Mynydd y Fforest · Mountain
- Penllyn · Mountain
Heritage & sights3
- Gelli Garn Castle · Historic site
- Penllyn Castle · Historic site
- Ystradowen Motte · Historic site
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
St Quintins Castle Historic site, Cowbridge with Llanblethian3.4 km S
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Counsel Tut Historic site, Cowbridge with Llanblethian3.1 km S
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Gelli Garn Ringwork Historic site, Llangan3.2 km W
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Caer Dynnaf Historic site, Cowbridge with Llanblethian3.3 km S
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Castell Tal y Fan Historic site, Welsh St. Donats3 km E
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Llandough Castle Historic site, Llanfair4.6 km S -
St Mary Hill Down Mountain, Llangan3.2 km NW
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Llanquian Castle Historic site, Cowbridge with Llanblethian4.2 km SE
Sources & licences
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