Maerdy

Maerdy is a village of 3,200 people in . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Treherbert railway station and Ynyswen railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
serves the village of in , . It is the northern terminus of the Rhondda Line after , 23 miles 54 chains from .

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the village of Ynyswen in , south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between and , 22 miles 70 chains from .

Reservoir
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is a at the top of the , in the borough of , South Wales. Parts of it fall within the communities of , and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdare and Treorchy.

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the Cynon Valley area of , , at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and . has a population of 39,550.

Town
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is a town and community in . Once a mining town, it retains such characteristics. It is situated in the county borough of in the Rhondda Fawr valley.

Maerdy

Latitude
51.687° or 51° 41′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.5078° or 3° 30′ 28″ west
Elevation
1,378 feet (420 metres)
Open location code
9C3RMFPR+QV
Geo­Names ID
7292210
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