Nelson
Nelson is a locality in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. Nelson is situated nearby to the hamlet Llanfabon, as well as near the locality Tai’r-heol.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llancaiach Fawr and Ystrad Mynach railway station.
Llancaiach Fawr
Museum
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Llancaiach Fawr Manor is a Tudor manor house near the village of Nelson, located just to the north of the site of the former Llancaiach Colliery in the heart of the Rhymney Valley in South Wales.
Ystrad Mynach railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ystrad Mynach railway station is a railway station serving the town of Ystrad Mynach, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
Abercynon railway station
Railway station
Photo: nantcoly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercynon railway station serves the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 15.5 miles north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontypridd and Ystrad Mynach.
Pontypridd
Photo: James Alexander Foxhall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pontypridd is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taff, or Glamorgan. It sits at the confluence of the Taff and Rhondda rivers. The town is well placed to provide a base for visitors who wish to explore the industrial heritage of the area, the nearby Brecon Beacons National Park, the beautiful vale of Glamorgan and its coastal features, or the Castle and museums of Cardiff and St Fagans.
Ystrad Mynach
Town
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ystrad Mynach is a town in the Rhymney Valley in the Caerphilly County Borough, within the ancient county of Glamorgan, Wales, and is 5 miles north of the town of Caerphilly.
Treharris
Town
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Treharris is a town and community in the Taff Bargoed Valley in the south of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, South Wales. It is located about 0.6 miles west of Trelewis, from which it is separated by the Taff Bargoed river, and 0.9 miles from Nelson in Caerphilly county borough and has a population of 6,356 from the 2011 Census.
Nelson
- Type: Locality
- Location: Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6395° or 51° 38′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.2857° or 3° 17′ 9″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Open location code
9C3RJPQ7+RPGeoNames ID
7299818
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