St Joseph’s Catholic Church
St Joseph’s Catholic Church is a church in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. St Joseph’s Catholic Church is situated nearby to Caradog Primary School, as well as near Cynon Valley Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calfaria Chapel and Aberdare Library.
Calfaria Chapel
Chapel
Photo: Macs15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare, was one of the largest baptist churches in the South Wales Valleys and the oldest in the Aberdare valley. The chapel had an ornate interior, including a boarded ceiling with a deeply undercut rose, while the balcony balustrading had a cast iron front with an intricate foliage design. Calfaria Chapel is situated 580 feet northeast of St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
Aberdare Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdare Library is situated 680 feet north of St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
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 700 feet north of St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
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.
Aberaman
Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberaman is a village near Aberdare in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century.
St Joseph’s Catholic Church
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.71117° or 51° 42′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.44828° or 3° 26′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3RPH62+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 989847913OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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