Cefn y Fan

Cefn y Fan is in , , . Cefn y Fan is situated nearby to the peak , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Penrhiwceiber railway station and Merthyr Vale railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of , , Wales. It is located on the branch of the Merthyr Line between the town of Mountain Ash and the village of . is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Cefn y Fan.

Railway station
Photo: Duncan and Gareth Alderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the villages of and in , . It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. is situated 1 mile northeast of Cefn y Fan.

Cemetery
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY 3.0.
is a cemetery near the village of , Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of five cemeteries in , and is particularly well known for the graves of 144 victims of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a colliery coal tip collapsed and killed many people in the village of Aberfan. is situated 1¼ miles north of Cefn y Fan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merthyr Vale and Miskin.

Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a linear village and community in the county borough of . Lying on the A4054 road it is on the east bank of the .

Village
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is a village and district of the town of within the Cynon Valley in , Wales. The district is part of the community of and, for the purposes of local and national governance, is part of the electoral ward of Penrhiwceiber, along with the district of Perthcelyn.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 mi south of the town of , . On 21 October 1966, in the disaster, a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

Cefn y Fan

Latitude
51.67459° or 51° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
-3.34608° or 3° 20′ 46″ west
Open location code
9C3RMMF3+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 421441521
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­farmland
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