Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare

Name: Dare Valley Country Park
Address: Aberdare, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Aberdare

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Dare Valley Country Park is a public park in Wales. It lies near the village of Cwmdare and the town of Aberdare, Cynon Valley, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. It comprises 500 acres of woodlands, pasture and moorland mountainside. It is maintained by the local Council, Rhondda Cynon Taf. ()

Elevation: 1152 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°43'8"N, 3°29'31"W

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Aberdare United Kingdom

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Dare Valley Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aberdare Park, Llyn Fawr, St Elvan's Church, Aberdare Golf Club.

1.4 miE
Neighbourhood, Park
Aberdare Park, Aberdare
37 min walk • Aberdare Park is a well-preserved Victorian public park located in the village of Trecynon, near the town of Aberdare in South Wales.
3.3 miW
Lake, Archaeological site
Llyn Fawr
84 min walk • Llyn Fawr is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, South Wales.
2 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Elvan's Church, Aberdare
53 min walk • St Elvan's Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the centre of the town of Aberdare. It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859.
2.7 miE
Golf
Aberdare Golf Club, Aberdare
70 min walk • Aberdare Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Aberdare at Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was founded in 1921 as a parkland course at Abernant, about a mile from Aberdare and is an 18-hole golf course famous for its mature oak trees.
1.9 miE
Church
St John's Church, Aberdare
48 min walk • St John the Baptist's is an ancient parish church in the centre of the town of Aberdare, Wales.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Penderyn, Brecon Beacons
99 min walk • Moel Penderyn is a hill on the edge of Penderyn village, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales. It also appeared on older maps as 'Y Foel Penderyn'. Its summit at 371m is marked by a trig point.
1.7 miE
Bridge
Iron Tram Bridge, Aberdare
44 min walk • The Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown is an early example of a "railway" bridge. It crosses the River Cynon between Trecynon and Robertstown. It carried the Llwydcoed Tramroad which ran from Hirwaun to the canal head at Cwmbach, south east of Aberdare.
2 miE
Church
Calfaria, Aberdare
52 min walk • 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.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd-y-glog, Brecon Beacons
89 min walk • Mynydd-y-glog is a hill just east of the village of Penderyn in the northern corner of the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. Its summit plateau rises to a height of 389m / 1277 ft at OS grid ref SN 982088, a spot marked by a trig point.
1.5 miE
Church
Ebenezer, Aberdare
39 min walk • Ebenezer, Trecynon was an Independent chapel in Ebenezer Street, Trecynon, Aberdare, Wales. It was one of the earliest Independent chapels in the Cynon Valley and remained an active place of worship until 2009.
3.3 miN
Visitor center, Whisky bar, Distillery
Penderyn distillery, Brecon Beacons
85 min walk • Penderyn is a Welsh whisky distillery and brand, producing the first commercially available whisky made in Wales since the 19th century. Produced at the Penderyn Distillery, Penderyn is a single malt whisky produced in several expressions, e.g. Madeira Finish, Peated, Sherrywood and Portwood.