Penydarren

Penydarren is a community and electoral ward in in .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Merthyr Tydfil railway station and Joseph Parry’s Cottage.

Railway station
Photo: Robert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in . It is the northern terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Museum
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Joseph Parry's Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage located in , in South . Built in the early 19th century for ironworkers, the cottage is best known as the birthplace of the famous Welsh composer Joseph Parry.

College
is a further education college located in , . From May 2006 to April 2013, it was a constituent college of the University of Glamorgan and thereafter, a college of the University of South Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merthyr Tydfil and Gurnos.

Photo: Lloergi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and County Borough in South Wales in the historic county of on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Suburb
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is a community of in , United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.

Suburb
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is a in the north-east of in South East Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh words du and glais. is notable within Wales and within as a whole, for its historic association with ironworking; once employing, through the Iron Company, over 7,000 people, the works being at one stage the largest in the world.

Penydarren

Latitude
51.76° or 51° 45′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.3693° or 3° 22′ 10″ west
Elevation
951 feet (290 metres)
Open location code
9C3RQJ5J+X7
Geo­Names ID
7295585
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