Trecynon

Trecynon is a village near , situated in the Cynon Valley, , Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at in 1800.
Wikipedia
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bryn Seion Chapel and Aberdare railway station.

Church
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Railway station
Photo: Avocet, Public domain.
serves the town of in , . It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 22½ miles north-north-west of . Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llwydcoed and Cwmdare.

Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a small village and community north of the Cwm Cynon, near the town of , , Wales, with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census.

Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village very close to , in , 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 and , as well as the cities of and .

Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village north-east of the town of , , Wales. Like many in the South Wales Valleys, it was once a coal-mining village.

Trecynon

Latitude
51.72204° or 51° 43′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.45753° or 3° 27′ 27″ west
Elevation
505 feet (154 metres)
Open location code
9C3RPGCR+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7402855831
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
13270227
Wiki­data ID
Q7837453
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Satellite Map

Discover Trecynon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Trecynon” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Trecynon”
  • Dutch: “Trecynon”
  • French: “Trecynon”
  • Irish: “Trecynon”
  • Welsh: “Trecynon”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Trecynon Post Office and Capel Ebernezer.

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