Llantarnam Grange
ENTRY
Free
SETTING
Indoors
WHERE
Cwmbran
What it’s like
Free contemporary art and craft exhibitions to wander round, with a craft shop and café to round off the visit.
You wander round changing exhibitions of contemporary art and craft, then browse the shop where Welsh makers sell their work. It's free to get in, so there's no ticket to buy or session to book, and you can pop in for ten minutes or stay for an hour depending on how the exhibition grabs you. There are workshops and art clubs too, which is a nice reason to come back rather than treating it as a one-off.
The building's easy to get round if you've got a buggy or need step-free access, with a ramp through to the bus station behind it and an accessible parking space on site, though that on-site parking is limited. The main car park is a five-minute walk away at Glyndwr and it's free, which takes the sting out of visiting somewhere that doesn't charge admission anyway.
The café is where you'd want to build a visit around timing-wise. It does breakfast and lunch with seasonal, local produce, plus soups, jacket potatoes and sweet treats, but last food orders are 2:30pm even though the café itself runs till quarter past three. Get there before then if lunch is the plan.
It's shut on bank holidays, and everything, exhibitions, shop and café, keeps to the same Monday to Saturday pattern. If you're coming by train or bus it's an easy walk, with the station about ten minutes away and the bus station right behind the building.
Facilities
Need to know
- Last entry
- Last food orders 2:30pm (café closes 3:15pm)
- Parking
- Free parking at Glyndwr Car Park (5 mins' walk)
- Food
- On-site café with breakfast, lunch, seasonal menus and local produce
- Wheelchairs
- Accessible parking and ramp access to central bus station behind building
- Getting there by bus or train
- Cwmbran train station 10-minute walk
- Everything, exhibitions, shop and café, follows the same Monday to Saturday hours
- The café's last food orders are earlier than closing time, so don't leave lunch too late
- On-site parking is very limited, the free car park a short walk away is the better bet
- Workshops and art clubs run alongside the exhibitions if you fancy going back
Plan your visit
Is it free to visit?
Yes, entry to the exhibitions and craft shop is free.
Do we need to book?
Booking is needed, you can just turn up during opening hours.
What time does the café stop serving food?
Last food orders go in at 2:30pm, though the café stays open till 3:15pm.
Is there parking nearby?
There's free parking at Glyndwr Car Park, about a five-minute walk away. On-site there's only limited space, including one accessible spot.
Is it open on Sundays or bank holidays?
It's closed on bank holidays and doesn't open Sundays, running Monday to Saturday instead.
Can you get there without a car?
Cwmbran train station is a ten-minute walk and there's a bus station right behind the building with ramp access.
Is it accessible for wheelchairs and buggies?
There's ramp access to the building from the bus station side and an accessible parking space on site.
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