The Ridings Substation
The Ridings Substation is an electrical substation in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The Ridings Substation is situated nearby to the school Ysgol G.G. Aberdar, as well as near Pump track.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 1,900 feet northwest of The Ridings 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 3,300 feet northeast of The Ridings Substation.
Aberdare Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdare Library is situated 1 mile east of The Ridings 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.
The Ridings Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.71563° or 51° 42′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.46883° or 3° 28′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C3RPG8J+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 12504479006OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=street_cabinet
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