Hotels in Aberdare
Surrounded by the picturesque countryside of the Cynon Valley, Aberdare is a town with a rich industrial history. An ex-mining community, the town is home of the Cynon Valley museum as well as a lovely base from which to explore the other wonders of South Wales.
From being, at the beginning of the 19th century, a mere village in an agricultural district, the place grew rapidly in population owing to the abundance of its coal and iron ore, and the population of the whole parish (which was only 1,486 in 1801) increased tenfold during the first half of the 19th century. It has since declined, owing to the loss of most of the heavy industry.
Aberdare, with the ecclesiastical parishes of St Fagan's (Trecynon) and Aberaman carved out of the ancient parish, had twelve Anglican churches, one Roman Catholic church (built in 1866 in Monk Street near the site of a cell attached to Penrhys Abbey) and at one time had over fifty Nonconformist chapels. The services in the majority of the chapels were in the Welsh language. The urban district includes what were once the separate villages of Aberaman, Abernant, Cwmaman, Cwmbach, Cwmdare, Llwydcoed, Penywaun and Trecynon. There are several cairns and the remains of a circular British encampment on the mountain between Aberdare and Merthyr. Hirwaun moor, 4 miles to the north west of Aberdare, was according to tradition the scene of a battle at which Rhys ap Tewdwr, prince of Dyfed, was defeated by the allied forces of the Norman Robert Fitzhamon and Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last Welsh prince of Glamorgan.
Aberdare is the home town of many famous welsh people including Ioan Gruffudd and the Stereophonics.
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Hotels available in Aberdare
Location: Aberdare
Distance: 1.33 miles
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Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 2.61 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £120.00
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 3.53 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £45.00
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 3.53 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £39.00
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 3.98 miles
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Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 4.39 miles
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Location: Aberdare
Distance: 4.40 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £59.00
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 5.97 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £50.00
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