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Cwmaman

Cwmaman is a former coal mining village near Aberdare, South Wales.

Cwmaman
Cwmaman · Marek Koudelka
The place

Cwmaman is a former coal mining village near Aberdare, South Wales. The name is Welsh for "Aman Valley"; the river Aman flows through the village. There are several hills nearby, such as Pen Foel Aman and Mynydd y Ffaldau. Within the village, there are three children's playgrounds and playing fields. Above the village there are several reservoirs accessible from several footpaths along the river.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Cwmaman

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 32 km · Bristol (BRS), 60 km · Birmingham (BHX), 144 km
  • Bristol → Cwmaman
    64 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–12
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Cwmaman
    138 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £16–22
  • London → Cwmaman
    230 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · £25–33
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cwmaman

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: South Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    103 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    185 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    447 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    456 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    483 km

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Next door to Cwmaman

Cwmaman is 29 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.