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Abercynon Colliery 1889-1988. Photograph © Janice Lane

Abercynon is a small village in the Cynon Valley, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. It lies at the confluence of the Cynon and Taff rivers, approximately 15 miles north of Cardiff.

Unusually for a village, it has two railway stations. One is on the line from Cardiff to Aberdare, namely Abercynon North The other, Abercynon South, is on the Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil line. Trains are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Merthyr Line service.

The village was the terminus of the world's first steam railway journey when on 21 February 1804 the inventor Richard Trevithick drove a steam locomotive hauling both iron and passengers travelled from the Penydarren ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil to the basin of the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon. There are memorials to Trevithick's journey at Penydarren and outside the fire station at Abercynon.

The village developed as a transport interchange being at the junction of the Merthyr and Aberdare branches of the Glamorganshire Canal and the Merthyr and Aberdare branches of the Taff Vale Railway. For a time it was known as "Navigation" and the Navigation Hotel, which was originally the headquarters of the Glamorganshire Canal, still bears this name. The colliery was sunk in 1889 and was joined to the colliery at Ynysybwl and was known before its closure in the late 1980s as Abercynon Lady Windsor Colliery.

Dai Dower, the boxing champion was born here. Stephen Williams, Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West grew up here.

Llancaiach Fawr Manor, a Tudor manor house, lies nearby.

 Trains in Abercynon: Abercynon is on the Merthyr Line

 Libraries in Abercynon:
 Abercynon Library
       Ynysmeurig Road,
       Abercynon,
       CF45 4SU
 01443 740486
 Mon 10:00am-1:00 pm 4:00pm-7:00pm
       Tue 10:00am-1:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm
       Wed 10:00-1:00pm
       Thur 10:00-1:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm
       Fri 10:00am-1:00pm 2:00pm-6:00pm
       Sat 10:00am-1:00pm
 Wheelchair access

 Pubs/Bars in Abercynon:
 Carne Park Hotel
       1 Park Street
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4PF
 01443 740258

 Navigation House
       Cardiff Road
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4RR

 Royal Oak
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4EW
 01443 742229

 Thorn Hotel
       Mountain Ash Road
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4PR

 Ynysmeirig Hotel
       Mountain Ash Road
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4PY

 Rugby in Abercynon: Abercynon RFC
       The Clubhouse
       Y Parc
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4RU
 01443 740586

 Food - Take Aways in Abercynon:
 Grill King
       28a Margaret Street
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4RE
 01443 742452

 Abercynon Packed Meals
       43 Margaret Street
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4RB
 01443 740810

 Hotels in Abercynon:
 Thorn Hotel
       Mountain Ash Road
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4PR
 01443 742284

 Places of Worship in Abercynon:
 St Thomas RC Church
       The Basin
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       Mid Glamorgan
       CF45 4RR
 01443 740353

 Schools/Colleges in Abercynon:
 Abercynon Infants School
       Ynysmeurig Road
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       CF45 4SU
 01443 740393

 Abertaf Primary School
       Greenfield Terrace
       Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       CF45 4TS
 01443 740265

 Carnetown Primary School
       Salisbury Road
       Carnetown
       Abercynon
       CF45 4NU
 01443 740492

 Ynysboeth Junior School
       Main Road
       Ynysboeth Abercynon
       Mountain Ash
       CF45 4LJ
 01443 740274

 Ysgol Gymraeg Abercynon (Primary)
       Greenfield Terrace
       Glancynon
       Abercynon
       CF45 4TH
 01443 740239

Abercynon Colliery Mines Rescue. Photograph © Janice Lane


 

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