Pont-y-gwaith, Merthyr Tydfil

Name: Pont-y-gwaith
Address: Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom

#14 among attractions in Merthyr Tydfil

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Pont-y-gwaith is a historical bridge over the River Taff near Edwardsville, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. ()

Coordinates: 51°40'10"N, 3°19'53"W

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Merthyr Tydfil United Kingdom

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Pont-y-gwaith – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rhondda Heritage Park, Lido Ponty, Old Bridge, Ynysangharad Park.

4.7 miSW
Historical place, Park, Museum
Rhondda Heritage Park, Pontypridd
121 min walk • Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod, Rhondda, South Wales is a tourist attraction which offers an insight into the life of the coal mining community that existed in the area until the 1980s.
4.7 miS
51°36'5"N • 3°20'20"W
Lido Ponty, Pontypridd
120 min walk • Watersports, Sport complex, Playground
4.5 miS
Bridge
Old Bridge, Pontypridd
114 min walk • The Old Bridge, which is now also known as the William Edwards Bridge or Pontypridd Bridge, was originally known as the New Bridge or Newbridge, is an arched single-span footbridge that spans the River Taff at Pontypridd in Wales.
4.7 miS
Outdoor activities, Park
Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
120 min walk • Ynysangharad Park is a cricket ground in the centre of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.
2.2 miE
Historical place, Forts and castles, Entertainment
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Caerphilly
55 min walk • Llancaiach Fawr Manor is a Tudor manor house near the village of Nelson, located just to the north of the site of the former Llancaiach Colliery in the heart of the Rhymney Valley in South Wales.
3.4 miNW
Golf
Merthyr Tydfil Golf Club, Merthyr Tydfil
87 min walk • Merthyr Tydfil Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Merthyr Tydfil at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales. Also known by the name "Cilsanws", this is an 18-hole mountain course. Their "Pay and Play" course is available to non-members.
4.6 miS
Park
Ynysangharad War Memorial, Pontypridd
119 min walk • Ynysangharad War Memorial Park is located in the town of Pontypridd, Wales. The area that now makes up the park was bought by the people of Pontypridd in 1919 after workers raised the money to have the park established.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil
93 min walk • Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil attains a height of 445m at OS grid reference SO 079033 making it the high point of the broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale and Cwm Bargod in the Valleys region of South Wales.
4.5 miSW
Church
St Anne's Church
115 min walk • St Anne's Church, Ynyshir is located in the Welsh village of Ynyshir in the Benefice of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley. It dates from the 1880s.
2.3 miSW
Church
Tabernacle, Pontypridd
60 min walk • Tabernacle, Ynysybwl is a former Independent chapel in Other Street, Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Eglwysilan
108 min walk • Mynydd Eglwysilan is a 355-metre-high hill in the Caerphilly county borough in South Wales 3 km to the south of Nelson and a similar distance southwest of Ystrad Mynach. To its south is Senghenydd at the head of the Aber Valley.