Broncynon Substation
Broncynon Substation is an electrical substation in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Broncynon Substation is situated nearby to Maesgwyn Special School, as well as near the village Cwmdare.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cwmdar County Primary School and Bryn Seion Chapel.
Cwmdar County Primary School
School
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmdar County Primary School is situated 1,100 feet west of Broncynon Substation.
Bryn Seion Chapel
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. Bryn Seion Chapel is situated 2,600 feet east of Broncynon Substation.
Aberdare Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdare Cemetery is situated 2,200 feet north of Broncynon Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmdare and Trecynon.
Cwmdare
Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmdare is a village very close to Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 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 Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypridd, as well as the cities of Cardiff and Swansea.
Trecynon
Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trecynon is a village near Aberdare, situated in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at Llwydcoed in 1800.
Llwydcoed
Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Llwydcoed is a small village and community north of the Cwm Cynon, near the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census.
Broncynon Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72045° or 51° 43′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.46951° or 3° 28′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3RPGCJ+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 12504479005OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=street_cabinet
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