Valve Tower
Valve Tower is a building in Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Valve Tower is situated nearby to Pontsticill railway station, as well as near Baltic Quarry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 1,200 feet northeast of Valve Tower.
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 Valve Tower.
Morlais Castle
Ruins
Photo: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Morlais Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Valve Tower.
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 Valve Tower.
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 Valve Tower.
Valve Tower
- Type: Building
- Location: Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7982° or 51° 47′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.36526° or 3° 21′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C3RQJXM+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 193971397OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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