Dyffryn, often Duffryn, is a village in the communities of

Wenvoe Wenvoe () is a village, Community (Wales), community and electoral ward between Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, 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 T ...

and

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St Nicholas and Bonvilston is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Formed in 1982, it includes the villages of St Nicholas, Bonvilston, and four properties in Dyffryn. In August 2020, St Nicholas had 294 dwellings and 451 electors. ...

, in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( ), locally referred to as ''The Vale'', is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf t ...

in south

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. It is located north of the

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, roughly west of

St Lythans St Lythans () is a hamlet and former parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just outside western Cardiff. It lies southwest of Culverhouse Cross, west of Wenvoe and southwest of Twyn-yr-Odyn and is also connected by road from Dyffryn ...

and south of St. Nicholas. It lies off the

A4226 road The A4226 (better known as The Five Mile Lane) is a main road linking Bonvilston to Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Barry and Cardiff International Airport (CIA) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Road course First stage The A4226 begins at the junct ...

(Five Mile Lane), along St Lythans Road, directly east of

Walterston Walterston () is a small farming hamlet in the community of Llancarfan, just north of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales and west of Dyffryn. Walterston lies just to west of the Five Mile Lane leading down to Waycock Cross, Barry. ...

. Dyffryn is best known for its

Dyffryn Gardens Dyffryn Gardens, also spelt Duffryn Gardens (), is a collection of botanical gardens located near the villages of Dyffryn and St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The gardens were selected by the British Tourist Authority as one of ...

and its megalithic monuments nearby including the

Tinkinswood Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber (), also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic Chamber tomb, burial chamber, built around 4000 BC, during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamo ...

and

St Lythans Burial Chamber The St Lythans burial chamber () is a single stone megalithic dolmen, built around 4000 BC as part of a chambered long barrow, during the mid Neolithic period, in what is now known as the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies about half a mile (1& ...

and also the caves of nearby

Goldsland Goldsland () 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 road leadin ...

. The River Waycock flows through the village. Thatched cottage and road through Dyffryn - geograph

The Dyffryn Estate dates back to 640 A.D. when the Manor of Worlton (also known as Worleton), which included St Lythans and St Nicholas, was granted to Bishop

Oudoceus Saint Oudoceus (Latin) or Euddogwy ( Welsh) (c.536–c.615 or 625) is generally known as the third Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales. In reality he was probably a 7th-century bishop at Llandeilo Fawr. Wendy Davies puts his episcopal reign b ...

Llandaff Llandaff (; ; from 'church' and ''River Taff, Taf'') is a district, Community (Wales), community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bisho ...

. Dyffryn House and its Edwardian garden are Grade I listed buildings and are leased to the

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. The 22 hectare (55 acre) landscaped gardens were designed by

Thomas Mawson Thomas Hayton Mawson (5 May 1861 – 14 November 1933), known as T. H. Mawson, was a British garden designer, landscape architect, and town planner. Personal life Mawson was born in Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire, and left school at age 12 ...

between 1894 and 1909, and are the largest and "most exotic" in Glamorgan. The village itself is a wealthy community with a number of quaint houses and farms. It also contains the Dyffryn Nurseries, Wayside Cattery, and an Aqua farm, Dyffryn Springs in Lower Dyffryn, which is a noted commercial fishing spot for

trout Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the ...

in the county, located to the south of the main village near the hamlet of Great Hamston. The 1811 Topographical Dictionary of Wales simply said "DYFFRYN, in the Cwmwd of Is Caeth, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Dinas Powys), Co. of Glamorgan, South Wales; in the Parish of St. Nicholas. It is 6 m. W. b. S. from Caerdiff. Near Dyffryn House, which is the Property of The Honourable William Booth Grey, are several Druidical Monuments."

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