Aberfan

Worth seeing in and around Aberfan

6 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
   Mynydd 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.

   2.4 km · mountain in south Wales, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bethania

   Bethania is an Independent chapel in Phillip Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Bethania are conducted in the Welsh language.

   2.4 km · chapel in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Miskin

   Miskin is a village and district of the town of Mountain Ash within the Cynon Valley in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The Miskin district is part of the community of Penrhiwceiber and, for the purposes of local and national governance, is part of the electoral ward of Penrhiwceiber, along with the district of Perthcelyn.

   3 km · village in Penrhiwceiber, near Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Newtown

   Newtown is a village and district of the town of Mountain Ash, within the Cynon Valley in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

   2.2 km · suburb of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Carmel Independent Chapel

   Carmel, Penrhiwceiber is an Independent chapel in Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Carmel were conducted in the Welsh language.

   2.6 km · chapel in Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Mountain Ash Town Hall

   Mountain Ash Town Hall is a municipal structure in Ffrwd Crescent, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Mountain Ash Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

   2.4 km · Grade II listed building in Mountain Ash · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aberfan

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 33 km · Bristol (BRS), 55 km · Birmingham (BHX), 138 km

Stations

Merthyr Vale railway station, 800 m · Troed-y-rhiw railway station, 2.3 km · Pentre-bach railway station, 3.9 km · Penrhiwceiber railway station, 2.6 km · Quakers Yard railway station, 3.8 km

• Bristol → Aberfan

  58 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–11
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Aberfan

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £16–21
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• London → Aberfan

  223 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · £24–32
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No local-transport research exists yet for Aberfan

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 Aberfan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Aberfan – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.