Aberdare — Merthyr Tydfil
Abemer one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Aberdare
Grid Ref
SO0044402613
Lat / Lon
51.71339° / -3.44240°
Easting / Northing
300,444E / 202,613N
What3Words
skip.tigers.frog
Merthyr Tydfil
Grid Ref
SO0483206263
Lat / Lon
51.74696° / -3.37991°
Easting / Northing
304,832E / 206,263N
What3Words
club.hangs.pile
Abemer One's land is
| Aberdare | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SO0044402613 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.71339° / -3.44240° |
| Easting / Northing | 300,444E / 202,613N |
| What3Words | skip.tigers.frog |
| Merthyr Tydfil | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SO0483206263 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.74696° / -3.37991° |
| Easting / Northing | 304,832E / 206,263N |
| What3Words | club.hangs.pile |
| Other agricultural land | 15.0% |
| Urban | 34.7% |
| Woods | 50.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Paul Chilcott
11 Aug 2022 (edited 11 Nov 2023)August 2022. Direction: Merthyr to Aberdare
After leaving Merthyr and crossing the A470, the landscape is old industrial workings (spoil heaps and levels), now being reclaimed by nature. There are lots of criss-crossing paths on these hills, which bore no resemblance to my paper map, so I just headed for the forest section the best way I could, with lots of doubling back and trying alternative paths along the way. On the top after getting through Blaencanaid Forest, there are some great views across the top of the Cynon Valley. From there, it was straight forward getting down through the forest tracks and down into Aberdare, although the path is steep at times and varies from stoney forestry tracks to narrow rocky tracks in places.
Photo 1 - Blaencanaid Forest.
Photo 2 - View out over the top of the Cynon Valley
Photo 3 - View over Aberdare
Photo 4 - The path down into Aberdare.
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