Aberdare

Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberdare railway station and Aberdare Library.

Aberdare railway station

Railway station

Photo: Avocet, Public domain.

Aberdare railway station serves the town of Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 22½ miles north-north-west of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Aberdare Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Siloa Chapel, Aberdare

Church

Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Siloa Chapel was the largest of the Welsh Independent, or Congregationalist, chapels in Aberdare. It operated from 1844 to 2020. Services were held in the Welsh language.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maerdy and Aberaman.

Maerdy

Photo: Peter Goodwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maerdy is a village of 3,200 people in Glamorgan. The area grew from a farming community to town around the coal mining industry and the development of Mardy Colliery in the late 19th century, but its last pit shut in 1990.

Aberaman

Village

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberaman is a village near Aberdare in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century.

Aberdare

Type: Locality
Location: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7145° or 51° 42′ 52″ north

Longitude

-3.4656° or 3° 27′ 56″ west

Elevation

558 feet (170 metres)

Open location code

9C3RPG7M+RQ

GeoNames ID

7292206

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