AberdareMerthyr Tydfil

Abemer one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021


Distance

10km/6mi

Ascent

267m

Descent

316m

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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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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

Other agricultural land 15.0%
Urban 34.7%
Woods 50.3%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

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Paul Chilcott

11 Aug 2022 (edited 11 Nov 2023) Summer

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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