Hotels in Abercynon
Abercynon is a community and a small village in the Cynon Valley, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. As a community it contains the villages of Ynysboeth, Carnetown, Tyntetown and the village of Abercynon and has a population recorded as 6,428 in 2001. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Cynon and Taff, approximately 15 miles north of Cardiff.
Abercynon 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.
The origins of the village of Abercynon lay in its importance as a centre for traffic with the Glamorgan Canal, the Aberdare Canal and the Taff Vale Railway all passing through the district. The presence of these important communication networks having led to its development on a small scale. Public houses and hotels such as the Junction Hotel, The Swan, The Boatman, New Inn, Navigation Hotel and the Traveller's Rest were established to cater for the passing trade and the employees of the canals and railways.
A combined post office and general store was opened and houses built alongside the canal to house the workmen. Some of the names by which the village was formally known reflect the importance of these networks to the village. These include Navigation, Y Basin and Aberdare Junction. The name Abercynon was only introduced in 1893 when a public meeting was held to find a permanent name for the village.The sinking of the collieries in 1889 brought a great influx of people into the village leading to the development of the modern town of Abercynon. Streets beginning to appear along the sides of the valley in order to accommodate the ever-growing population. Some of the earliest being Martin's Terrace, Station Terrace (now Ynysmeurig Road), Catherine Street (now Herbert Street). With commercial centres being established and other buildings of significance opened including the new Navigation School (1896) and the Workmen's Hall (1905).
14 hotels
HOTELS
Heritage Park Hotel
Location: Pontypridd
Distance: 3.49 miles
Rating: 3*
Travelodge Merthyr Tydfil
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 5.30 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
Premier Inn Ebbw Vale
Location: Ebbw Vale
Distance: 5.32 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
Premier Inn Aberdare
Location: Aberdare
Distance: 5.43 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
Bryn Meadows Golf Hotel Spa
Location: Caerphilly Cardiff
Distance: 5.49 miles
Rating: 4*
Premier Inn Merthyr Tydfil
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Distance: 6.06 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
Maes Manor Hotel
Location: Blackwood
Distance: 6.26 miles
Rating: 3*
Premier Inn Caerphilly (Crossways)
Location: Caerphilly
Distance: 6.55 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
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