Aberdare is a town in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Glamorgan.

Understand

A small village in the middle ages which became a thriving industrial iron and coal town in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Get in

Just south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road

• 1 Aberdare railway station. Connections from Cardiff  

See

• 1 Aberdare Park. a well-preserved Victorian public park. Sculpture of Sir William T. Lewis (Lord Merthyr). (updated May 2017)
• 2 St John's Church. ancient parish church original built in 1189 (updated May 2017)

Do

• 1 Dare Valley Country Park. (updated May 2017)

Eat

• 1 Peppers, 27 Canon St., ☏ +44 1685 884011. (updated May 2017)

Sleep

• 1 Premier Inn Aberdare, Riverside Retail Park. (updated May 2017)
• 2 Penybryn Cottages, Waterloo St,, ☏ +44 1685 873373. (updated May 2017)

Go next

• Merthyr Tydfil
• Pontypridd
• Pen y Cae
• Brecon Beacons National Park