Cynon Valley Museum
Cynon Valley Museum is a museum in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Cynon Valley Museum is situated nearby to the theater building Little Theatre, as well as near the pub Glandover Arms.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Aberdare, Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon” and “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aberdare Library and St John’s Church, Aberdare.
Aberdare Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdare Library is situated 1,400 feet south of Cynon Valley Museum.
St John’s Church, Aberdare
Church
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's is an ancient parish church in the centre of the town of Aberdare, Wales. St John’s Church, Aberdare is situated 1,100 feet south of Cynon Valley Museum.
Siloa Chapel, Aberdare
Church
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siloa Chapel was the largest of the Welsh Independent, or Congregationalist, chapels in Aberdare. It operated from 1844 to 2020. Services were held in the Welsh language. Siloa Chapel, Aberdare is situated 1,400 feet south of Cynon Valley Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trecynon and Abernant.
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.
Abernant
Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abernant is a small village north-east of the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Like many in the South Wales Valleys, it was once a coal-mining village.
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.
Cynon Valley Museum
- Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.71682° or 51° 43′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.44826° or 3° 26′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3RPH82+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 843478362OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q85673712
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cynon Valley Museum” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
- Basque: “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
- Catalan: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
- Catalan: “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
- French: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
- French: “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
- Irish: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
- Irish: “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
- Swedish: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
- Swedish: “Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery”
- Welsh: “Amgueddfa ac Oriel Cwm Cynon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Theatre and Glandover Arms.
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