Aberdare - town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

Aberdare is a town in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Glamorgan.

Understand

A small village in the middle ages which became a thriving industrial iron and coal town in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Get in

Just south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road

• Aberdare railway station, 51.7145°, -3.442°. Connections from Cardiff
• Aberdare Bus Station, 51.71304°, -3.4417°. 2022-09-07

Get around

See

• Aberdare Park, 51.7192°, -3.45833°. a well-preserved Victorian public park. Sculpture of Sir William T. Lewis (Lord Merthyr). 2017-05-27
• St John's Church, 51.7138°, -3.44886°. ancient parish church original built in 1189 2017-05-27
• Cynon Valley Museum Trust, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare CF44 8DL, 51.71687°, -3.44825°, +44 1685 886729. 10AM-3PM Tuesday - Saturday. The museum is walking distance from the town Centre or you can catch the following busses 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 91 that stop outside

Google Maps Plus Code: PH82+QM Aberdare. 2022-09-07

Do

• Dare Valley Country Park, 51.719°, -3.492°. 2017-05-27

Buy

Eat

• Peppers, 27 Canon St., 51.713514°, -3.446400°, +44 1685 884011. 2017-05-27

Drink

• Yr Ieuan Ap Iago - JD Wetherspoon, 6 High St, Aberdare CF44 7AA, 51.71263°, -3.44637°. Google Maps Plus Code: PH73+3F Aberdare. 2022-09-08
• Welsh whisky: Penderyn original distillery, opened in 2000, is 5 miles northwest at Pontbren Llwyd and offers tours. They opened a second in 2021 in Llandudno, and plan to open a third near Swansea in 2023.

Sleep

• Premier Inn Aberdare, Riverside Retail Park, CF44 0AH, 51.701349°, -3.418602°. 2017-05-27
• Penybryn Cottages, Waterloo St,, 51.710311°, -3.411693°, +44 1685 873373. 2017-05-27

Connect

Go next

• Merthyr Tydfil
• Pontypridd
• Pen y Cae
• Brecon Beacons National Park