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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

Chemists/Pharmacies in Abercynon: A & JM Sheppard Ltd 2a Ynysmeurig Road Abercynon Mountain Ash Mid Glamorgan CF45 4SY 01443 742037 A & JM Sheppard Ltd 9 Ynysmeurig Road Abercynon Mountain Ash Mid Glamorgan CF45 4SY 01443 740620

Doctors/GPs in Abercynon: Abercynon Health Centre Ynysmeurig Road Abercynon Mountain Ash Mid Glamorgan CF45 4YB 01443 740447


Abercynon. Photograph © Janice Lane

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