Human settlement in Wales

Aberdare East

Aberdare East is a local government community and electoral ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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Bristol → Aberdare East
65 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–12
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Birmingham, West Midlands → Aberdare East
134 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £16–22
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London → Aberdare East
229 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · £25–33
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The field note

What is in and around Aberdare East, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Aberdare East has

YScheduled flightsCardiff (CWL), 37 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Rhondda, 7 km.

51.720°, -3.433°

The community was formed in 2016, when the former community of Aberdare was split into two. Aberdare East includes the main town of Aberdare.

How locals move

Getting around Aberdare East the local way

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. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.