The Glamorgan History Walks was a walking festival of immersive history and storytelling that took ramblers around places of historic interest throughout South Wales. Bringing the stories of those places to life.
Between May and July in the Summer of 2024, over 350 people joined us on 15 walks to over 50 sites of historic interest in various locations across the counties of Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan and Rhondda Cynon Taff.
We took in many castles, hill forts, barracks, burial chambers and tombs, great houses, churches, the site of lost settlements, smugglers’ coves and pirates’ hideaways. Even the odd battlefield, Prisoner of War camp, windmill and lighthouse. And of course, some great old pubs.
The festival was a great success. But it is not without its legacy.
All of the walks we did are now available to download for free, so you can be guided around them using the GPS on your mobile phone. You can also read notes on the routes and places you visit, and see which periods of history are relevant to those places. You can even watch videos to bring their stories to life.
Start your journey by visiting the Glamorgan History Walks web page. Choose a walk from the list and click through to the relevant page. To use the maps you will need to download the OS Maps App (which is also free).
The places we went to included:
- Dunraven and Ogmore Castles
- Llantwit Major
- Monknash and St Donats
- Barry and Porthkerry
- Llantrisant
- St Athan and Gileston
- Llangynwyd
- Coity
- Merthyr Mawr and Island Farm POW camp
- Kenfig Pool and Castle and Sker House
- Mynydd Y Gaer and Peterston Super Montum
- Cefn Cribwr, Bedford Iron Works and Sturmi Castle
- Newton and Candleston
- Dinas Powys
- Cowbridge and St Hilary
Get out into the great and beautiful scenery of South Wales and enjoy everything these walks have to offer.
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