Aberdare is a town in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Glamorgan.
Understand
[edit]A small village in the middle ages which became a thriving industrial iron and coal town in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Get in
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Map of Aberdare
Just south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road
- 1 Aberdare railway station. Connections from Cardiff
- 2 Aberdare Bus Station (Connections with Cardiff, Maerdy and Merthyr Tydfil).
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Aberdare Park. a well-preserved Victorian public park. Sculpture of Sir William T. Lewis (Lord Merthyr).
- 2 St John's Church. ancient parish church original built in 1189
- 3 Cynon Valley Museum Trust, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare CF44 8DL, ☏ +44 1685 886729. 10AM-3PM Tuesday - Saturday. The museum is walking distance from the town Centre or you can catch the following busses 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 91 that stop outside
Google Maps Plus Code: PH82+QM Aberdare.
Do
[edit]- 1 Dare Valley Country Park.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Peppers, 27 Canon St., ☏ +44 1685 884011.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Yr Ieuan Ap Iago - JD Wetherspoon, 6 High St, Aberdare CF44 7AA. Google Maps Plus Code: PH73+3F Aberdare.
- Welsh whisky: Penderyn original distillery, opened in 2000, is 5 miles northwest at Pontbren Llwyd and offers tours. They opened a second in 2021 in Llandudno, and plan to open a third near Swansea in 2023.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Premier Inn Aberdare, Riverside Retail Park, CF44 0AH.
- 2 Penybryn Cottages, Waterloo St, ☏ +44 1685 873373.