Great Hamston is a small hamlet and farm in the
Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...
in south
Wales
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. It is located about north of the
town centre
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of
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, about 600 metres to the south of the main village of
Dyffryn, even nearer to Lower Dyffryn, west along the lane from
Goldsland
Goldsland ( cy, Tregold) is a small hamlet and farm in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is located near the boundary of the Wenvoe Castle Golf Club in the parish of Wenvoe. It lies to the east of Dyffryn and south of St Lythans and the ...
, and just north of
Lidmore and North Cliff Farm.
It lies off the
A4226 road (Five Mile Lane). The
River Waycock flows through the hamlet and the
Goldsland Brook joins this stream from the east just to the northeast of Great Hamston.
The Hamston Pond Cottage is let out to tourists. Just to the north is the Aqua farm,
Dyffryn Springs, which is a noted
commercial fishing
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spot for
trout
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in the county and the hamlet also contains an allotment.
Great Hamston Farm has a distinctive white tower which can be viewed on
Bing Maps Birdseye view. The lane to Goldsland and
Wenvoe
Wenvoe ( cy, Gwenfô) is a village, community and electoral ward between Barry and Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Nearby are the Wenvoe Transmitter near Twyn-yr-Odyn and the site of the former HTV Wales Television Centre at Culverhouse ...
to the east contains the Old Wallace Farm and the New Wallace Farm.
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Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan
Farms in the Vale of Glamorgan