Pentrebach

Worth seeing in and around Pentrebach

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
   Glamorganshire 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.

   3.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   2.5 km · mountain in south Wales, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Merthyr 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.

   2.7 km · grade II listed building in Merthyr Tydfil · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Zoar 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.

   2.9 km · Independent chapel in Merthyr Tydfil · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Penydarren Park

   Penydarren Park is a sports stadium in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, that is the present home ground of Merthyr Town.

   3.2 km · sports stadium in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Merthyr 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.

   2.9 km · further education college · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Merthyr 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.

   2.9 km · judicial building in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Merthyr 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.

   2.9 km · Grade II listed building in Merthyr Tydfil · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Joseph 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.

   3.3 km · Grade II listed building and historic house museum in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cwm Glo

    Cwm Glo a Glyndyrys is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales.

    2.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pentrebach

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 37 km · Bristol (BRS), 58 km · Birmingham (BHX), 137 km

Stations

Merthyr Tydfil railway station, 2.5 km · Troed-y-rhiw railway station, 1.7 km · Pentre-bach railway station, 400 m · Merthyr Tydfil bus station, 2.8 km · Abercanaid railway station, 1.1 km

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  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Pentrebach

  130 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £15–20
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• London → Pentrebach

  224 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · £24–32
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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 Pentrebach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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