Beech Grove Merthyr Substation

Beech Grove Merthyr Substation is an electrical substation in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Beech Grove Merthyr Substation is situated near the community center Calon Las Community Centre, as well as near the recreation area Greenie Galon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pen y Dre High School and Joseph Parry’s Cottage.

Pen y Dre High School

School

Pen y Dre High School is an 11-16 mixed-sex comprehensive school situated in the Gurnos district of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Pen y Dre High School is situated 1,700 feet north of Beech Grove Merthyr Substation.

Joseph Parry’s Cottage

Museum

Photo: Trehywel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Joseph Parry's Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage located in Merthyr Tydfil, in South Wales. Built in the early 19th century for ironworkers, the cottage is best known as the birthplace of the famous Welsh composer Joseph Parry. Joseph Parry’s Cottage is situated 1 mile southwest of Beech Grove Merthyr Substation.

Merthyr Tydfil railway station

Railway station

Photo: Robert, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Merthyr Tydfil railway station serves the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. Merthyr Tydfil railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Beech Grove Merthyr Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dowlais and Pant.

Dowlais

Suburb

Photo: Varitek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dowlais is a village in the north-east of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in South East Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh words du and glais. Dowlais is notable within Wales and within Great Britain as a whole, for its historic association with ironworking; once employing, through the Dowlais Iron Company, over 7,000 people, the works being at one stage the largest in the world.

Pant

Village

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pant is a village and community on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, a large former mining town in the South Wales Valleys, Wales. Pant is notable for being the starting point of the Brecon Mountain Railway, and the site of the former Morlais railway tunnel, which runs underneath the village and emerges in the middle of it.

Merthyr Tydfil

Photo: Lloergi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Merthyr Tydfil is a town and County Borough in South Wales in the historic county of Glamorgan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Beech Grove Merthyr Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7623° or 51° 45′ 44″ north

Longitude

-3.37682° or 3° 22′ 37″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3RQJ6F+W7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1299601729

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Calon Las Community Centre and Greenie Galon.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Goitre Lane and Gurnos Beech Grove.

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Worth a closer look: Cardiff and Swansea.

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