Merthyr Tydfil — Treharris
Mertre one
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Description
A Slow Way created by Paul between Merthyr Tydfil and Treharris using mainly the Taff Trail and the Trevithick Trail
A Slow Way created by Paul between Merthyr Tydfil and Treharris using mainly the Taff Trail and the Trevithick Trail
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Start and end points
Merthyr Tydfil
Grid Ref
SO0483206263
Lat / Lon
51.74696° / -3.37991°
Easting / Northing
304,832E / 206,263N
What3Words
club.hangs.pile
Treharris
Grid Ref
ST0986697095
Lat / Lon
51.66538° / -3.30464°
Easting / Northing
309,866E / 197,095N
What3Words
waxer.harnessed.spaceship
| Merthyr Tydfil | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SO0483206263 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.74696° / -3.37991° |
| Easting / Northing | 304,832E / 206,263N |
| What3Words | club.hangs.pile |
| Treharris | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | ST0986697095 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.66538° / -3.30464° |
| Easting / Northing | 309,866E / 197,095N |
| What3Words | waxer.harnessed.spaceship |
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review
Paul Chilcott
16 Aug 2024August 2024. Direction: Treharris to Merthyr Tydfil.
An excellent walk predominantly in the Taff Valley, using the Taff Trail and Trevithick Trail most of the way. It didn`t start well, as the "zig-zag path leading down from Treharris to Quakers Yard is temporarily closed until October / November 2024 for maintenance work, so a deviation was needed, down the A4050 Cardiff Road and along Mill Street. I had previously walked this section as part of Moutre1 walk to Mountain Ash with no problems.
The remainder of the walk went without hitch. Both trails are cycle paths and are well signed (the Taff Trail is NCN route 8 and the Trevithick Trail NCN route 477). Between Quakers Yard and Merthyr, most of the trail is tarmac (Photo 2), although there is a section between Quakers Yard and Merthyr Vale that is a stony track, but it has been well bedded in (Photo 6).
The Trevithick Trail and the Taff Trail overlap between Quakers Yard and Pontygwaith Farm, but then go their separate ways - watch for the sign (Photo 5). An alternative route could be to just follow the Taff Trail all the way to Merthyr, but it runs on the other side of the river (crossing at Pontygwaith Bridge) and is next to the noisy A470 for a couple of miles up to Aberfan, which in my opinion is not as good, although both are equally direct.
Photo 1 - The Taff Bargoed River from Mill Street
Photo 2 - The Taff / Trevithick Trail (tarmac section)
Photo 3 - One of several old bridges spanning the Taff
Photo 4 - River Taff
Photo 5 - Sign post for the splitting of the Taff and Trevithick Trails
Photo 6 - Trevithick Trail near Pontygwaith Farm (stony section)
Photos 7&8 - Around Pentrebach.
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