Bethesda

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Bethesda, Abercwmboi is a Welsh Baptist church in Abercwmboi near Aberdare. Services continue to be held in the Welsh language. ()

Completed: 1864 (161 years ago)Capacity: 600Coordinates: 51°41'21"N, 3°24'36"W

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Nearby attractions include: Aberdare Park, Merthyr Tydfil Golf Club, St Elvan's Church, Aberdare Golf Club.

2.9 miNW
Neighbourhood, Park
Aberdare Park, Aberdare
74 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.
0.8 miNE
Golf
Merthyr Tydfil Golf Club, Merthyr Tydfil
20 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.
2.2 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Elvan's Church, Aberdare
58 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.
2.3 miN
Golf
Aberdare Golf Club, Aberdare
58 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.
2.4 miNW
Church
St John's Church, Aberdare
61 min walk • St John the Baptist's is an ancient parish church in the centre of the town of Aberdare, Wales.
2.9 miNW
Bridge
Iron Tram Bridge, Aberdare
75 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.
2.2 miNW
Church
Calfaria, Aberdare
57 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.
1.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Merthyr
50 min walk • Mynydd Merthyr is a broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale and the Cwm Cynon in the Valleys region of South Wales. It forms the boundary between the unitary authorities of Rhondda Cynon Taff to the west and Merthyr Tydfil to the east.
3 miNW
Church
Ebenezer, Aberdare
78 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.
2.4 miSE
Church
Carmel
61 min walk • Carmel, Penrhiwceiber is an Independent chapel in Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Carmel were conducted in the Welsh language.
3.6 miE
Bridge
Pont-y-gwaith, Merthyr Tydfil
93 min walk • Pont-y-gwaith is a historical bridge over the River Taff near Edwardsville, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Pont-y-gwaith was constructed in 1811 to replace the wooden bridge associated with the nearby 16th century ironworks. The bridge was repaired in 1993 by Mid Glamorgan County Council and awarded a commendation by the civic trust.