Taf Fechan Forest

Taf Fechan Forest is in Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Taf Fechan Forest is situated nearby to Pontsticill railway station, as well as near Pontsticill Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontsticill railway station and Pant railway station.

Pontsticill railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontsticill railway station is an intermediate station on the Brecon Mountain Railway at Pontsticill, in the historic Welsh county of Brecknockshire, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Pontsticill railway station is situated 2,400 feet east of Taf Fechan Forest.

Pant railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pant railway station was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from Pontsticill in the North split to serve the Dowlais Central and Dowlais Top lines. Pant railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Taf Fechan Forest.

Dolygaer railway station

Railway station

Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dolygaer railway station is a former station serving the hamlet of Dol-y-gaer and the area adjacent to Pen-twyn Reservoir in Powys, Wales. Dolygaer railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Taf Fechan Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontsticill and Pant.

Pontsticill

Village

Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontsticill is a village within the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It lies within the valley of the Taf Fechan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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. Pant is situated 2 miles south of Taf Fechan Forest.

Gurnos

Suburb

Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales, United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280. Gurnos is situated 2½ miles south of Taf Fechan Forest.

Taf Fechan Forest

Type: Shrubland
Location: Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8006° or 51° 48′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.37127° or 3° 22′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C3RRJ2H+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1562215392

OpenStreetMap feature

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