Cwmdare
Cwmdare is a village very close to Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village's history is intertwined with coal-mining, and since the decline of the industry in the 1980s, it has become primarily a commuter base for the larger surrounding towns of Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypridd, as well as the cities of Cardiff and Swansea.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cwmdar County Primary School and Aberdare Cemetery.
Bryn Seion Chapel
Church
Bryn Seion, Trecynon was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Mill Street, Trecynon, Aberdare, Wales. Services at Bryn Seion were conducted in the Welsh language until it became a Baptist chapel in 1970.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trecynon and Penywaun.
Trecynon
Village
Trecynon is a village near Aberdare, situated in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at Llwydcoed in 1800.
Penywaun
Village
Penywaun is a community, electoral ward and north-western suburb of Aberdare in the Cynon Valley within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. At the 2011 census, the population of the ward was registered as 3,063.
Llwydcoed
Village
Llwydcoed is a small village and community north of the Cwm Cynon, near the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census.
Cwmdare
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Glamorgan, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72138° or 51° 43′ 17″ north
Longitude
-3.4735° or 3° 28′ 25″ west
Elevation
696 feet (212 metres)
Open location code
9C3RPGCG+HH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cwmdare” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cwmdare”
- Dutch: “Cwmdare”
- French: “Cwmdare”
- Irish: “Cwmdâr”
- Welsh: “Cwmdâr”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maesgwyn Special School and Cwmdare Post Office.
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