Aberdare
Aberdare is a town in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Glamorgan.
Understand
A small village in the middle ages which became a thriving industrial iron and coal town in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Get in
Just south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road
See
- 🌍 Aberdare Park. a well-preserved Victorian public park. Sculpture of Sir William T. Lewis (Lord Merthyr).
- 🌍 St John's Church. ancient parish church original built in 1189
- 🌍 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
- 🌍 Dare Valley Country Park.
Eat
- 🌍 Peppers, 27 Canon St., ☏ +44 1685 884011.
Drink
- 🌍 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
- 🌍 Premier Inn Aberdare, Riverside Retail Park, CF44 0AH.
- 🌍 Penybryn Cottages, Waterloo St,, ☏ +44 1685 873373.
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