Abercanaid
Abercanaid is a small village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom with a population of about 5,060.
Abercanaid is a small village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom with a population of about 5,060. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Merthyr town centre and west of Pentrebach, across the River Taff and north of Troedyrhiw. The Taff Trail runs through the village, adjacent to the path of the disused Glamorganshire Canal, which was an important means of transporting iron and coal during the industrial boom in which the South Wales Valleys prospered.
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Worth seeing in and around Abercanaid
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Glamorganshire Canal
The Glamorganshire Canal in South Wales, UK, was begun in 1790. It ran along the valley of the River Taff from Merthyr Tydfil to the Bristol Channel at Cardiff.
3.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 02Mynydd Merthyr
Mynydd Merthyr is a broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale and the Cwm Cynon in the Valleys region of South Wales. It forms the boundary between the unitary authorities of Rhondda Cynon Taff to the west and Merthyr Tydfil to the east.
1.4 km · mountain in south Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 03Merthyr Synagogue
Merthyr Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue located on Bryntirion Road in the Thomastown section of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building and is the oldest purpose-built synagogue in existence in Wales.
3.4 km · grade II listed building in Merthyr Tydfil · Wikipedia - 04Zoar Welsh Independent Chapel
Canolfan Soar is a Grade II-listed community facility in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, that includes a theatre and other facilities. It was converted from the closed Grade II-listed, eighteenth-century, Zoar Chapel in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
3.6 km · Independent chapel in Merthyr Tydfil · Wikipedia - 05Penydarren Park
Penydarren Park is a sports stadium in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, that is the present home ground of Merthyr Town.
3.9 km · sports stadium in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Merthyr Tydfil College
Merthyr Tydfil College is a further education college located in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. From May 2006 to April 2013, it was a constituent college of the University of Glamorgan and thereafter, a college of the University of South Wales.
3.4 km · further education college · Wikipedia - 07Bethania
Bethania is an Independent chapel in Phillip Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Bethania are conducted in the Welsh language.
3.7 km · chapel in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia - 08Merthyr Tydfil Law Courts
Merthyr Tydfil Law Courts is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court, which deals with civil cases, in Glebeland Place, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It also accommodates the local magistrates' court.
3.5 km · judicial building in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 09Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall
Merthyr Tydfil Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.5 km · Grade II listed building in Merthyr Tydfil · Wikipedia - 10Joseph Parry's Cottage
Joseph Parry's Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage located in Merthyr Tydfil, in South Wales. Built in the early 19th century for ironworkers, the cottage is best known as the birthplace of the famous Welsh composer Joseph Parry.
3.9 km · Grade II listed building and historic house museum in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Abercanaid
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 36 km · Bristol (BRS), 58 km · Birmingham (BHX), 138 km
- Stations
- Merthyr Tydfil railway station, 3.2 km · Merthyr Vale railway station, 3.9 km · Troed-y-rhiw railway station, 1.5 km · Pentre-bach railway station, 1 km · Mountain Ash railway station, 3.9 km
- Bristol → Abercanaid61 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Abercanaid131 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £15–21
- London → Abercanaid225 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · £24–33
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No local-transport research exists yet for Abercanaid
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abercanaid. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is an international airport at Cardiff and a small airport serving private planes at Swansea There are regular car ferry services from Ireland to Fishguard and Pembroke.
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Next door to Abercanaid
Abercanaid is 29 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Merthyr Tydfiltown in Wales3.5 km
- Aberfanvillage in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK3.1 km
- Cwmbachvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Troed-y-rhiwvillage and community in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK1.6 km
- Mountain Ash Eastcommunity in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales3.6 km
- Towncommunity in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales3.2 km