Bryngarw Country Park is a nice play to explore with various trails, a cafe, a Country House, pond and a decent play park for kids.
Starting at the car park you walk past the cafe (with it on your right) and then follow the trail downhill towards the river. When you reach the river, don’t cross the bridge, instead take the left trail, keeping the river on your right. You will come to an Oriental garden and various things to see along the way.
There are quite a few different routes you can take so you really could just wander around. We explored a few different places and ended up heading back up the hill that takes you past the main house.
After this you can head to the pond and then take many different routes to the good play park which is spread up a grassy hillside with some great slides at the top.
You can then return to the carpark for a drink or food in the cafe. You will also see many other trails heading off in different directions if you want to continue exploring the area.
It is a great place to explore with the kids, take duck food if you want to feed the ducks and you’ll also see plenty of birdlife around as well.