Aberdare East

Worth seeing in and around Aberdare East

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.

1. 01
   Siloa Welsh Independent Chapel

   Siloa Chapel was the largest of the Welsh Independent, or Congregationalist, chapels in Aberdare. It operated from 1844 to 2020.

   1.4 km · Independent chapel in Aberdare · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Calfaria Welsh Baptist Chapel

   Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare, was one of the largest baptist churches in the South Wales Valleys and the oldest in the Aberdare valley. The chapel had an ornate interior, including a boarded ceiling with a deeply undercut rose, while the balcony balustrading had a cast iron front with an intricate foliage design.

   1.3 km · Baptist chapel in Aberdare · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bethania Presbyterian Church

   Bethania was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, which seated 550 people. Located near the centre of Aberdare, it had a somewhat concealed entrance and was approached up a long flight of steps.

   1.3 km · Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Aberdare · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bethel, Abernant

   Bethel, Abernant is a Baptist Chapel at Abernant in the Aberdare Valley in Wales and one of the few nonconformist chapels in the area that remained open into the twenty-first century.

   200 m · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Matthew's Church, Abernant

   St Matthew's Church, Abernant is in the Parish of Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf. It is one of only a handful of tin tabernacles left in Wales.

   100 m · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Elvan's Church

   St Elvan's Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the centre of the town of Aberdare. It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859.

   1.2 km · church in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St. John The Baptist Parish Church

   St John the Baptist's is an ancient parish church in the centre of the town of Aberdare, Wales.

   1.3 km · church in Aberdare, Wales · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Fagan's Church

   St Fagan's Church is a Grade II-listed Anglican church in the village of Trecynon near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was originally built in the mid-nineteenth century in the Gothic Revival style, but burned down a few years later and was rebuilt.

   1.8 km · church in Trecynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown

   The Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown is an early example of a "railway" bridge. It crosses the River Cynon between Trecynon and Robertstown, Wales.

   1.4 km · Grade II listed building in Aberdare · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bethesda Baptist Chapel

    Bethesda, Abercwmboi is a Welsh Baptist church in Abercwmboi near Aberdare, South Wales. Services continue to be held in the Welsh language.

    3.8 km · chapel in Abercwmboi, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aberdare East

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 37 km · Bristol (BRS), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 141 km

Stations

Aberdare railway station, 900 m · Cwmbach railway station, 2.5 km · Aberdare Low Level railway station, 1 km · Aberdare bus station, 1 km · Abernant railway station, 300 m

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  65 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–12
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  134 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £16–22
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  229 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · £25–33
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