Connect Treherbert with Slow Ways
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Carmarthenshire
Slow Ways linking Treherbert and Glyn-Neath, Hirwaun, Maesteg, Pontycymer, Treorchy
Wales / Carmarthenshire / Treherbert
Treherbert’s five Slow Ways are 40% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Treherbert from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Glyn-Neath—Treherbert
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Glytre one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 12km/8mi | Ascent 412m | Descent 539m | ||
Maesteg—Treherbert
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Maetre one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 592m | Descent 648m | ||
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Pontycymer—Treherbert
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Ponttre one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 12km/7mi | Ascent 466m | Descent 437m | ||
Treherbert—Hirwaun
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Trehir one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 421m | Descent 416m | |
Treherbert—Treorchy
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Tretre one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 3km/2mi | Ascent 11m | Descent 36m |
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Collective progress
40% of Treherbert’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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1 people have contributed to Treherbert’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Treherbert
24km out of 52km have been walked and reviewed
24km of reviews have been shared in Treherbert
Latest Updates
The path leading off Brecon Road in Hirwaun to the mountain track was closed, due to works on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road. The right of way and the Slow Ways route go straight up the mountainside after leaving the gravel road just after the pylons, but there is no path as such, the slope is steep and the grass is long, so I chose to follow the wind turbine access road, which winds its way all the way up to the top of the mountain and down the other side. Photo 2 - Looking down from the cairn to Hirwaun and the wind turbine access road...
Paul Chilcott
You start on Bute Street in Treherbert and you`re still on Bute Street when you reach Treorchy, although the street does actually change its name during the middle stretch through Ynyswen....
Paul Chilcott
The path then leads into the forestry and a long steady trudge uphill on very rough paths, eventually coming out at the zip-wire facility running from the top of the mountain above Llyn Fawr down to the former Tower Colliery site. The left hand gravel road leads down to the former colliery site, so I took the right hand gravel road and a little short cut to the left on a right hand bend, which does re-join the planned path and comes out near the hairpin bend on the A4061. Although there is a right of way, there is no path as such, so it was a yomp up a very steep slope through 2 foot thick, very springy vegetation, but the reward on reaching the top of the Rhigos Pass was well worth the effort. The path then follows the road partly and sometimes parallel off-road paths down into the Rhondda Fawr valley and down into Treherbert....
Paul Chilcott
Slow Ways added Glytre one, a new walk from Glyn-Neath to Treherbert
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Maetre one, a new walk from Maesteg to Treherbert
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Ponttre one, a new walk from Pontycymer to Treherbert
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Trehir one, a new walk from Treherbert to Hirwaun
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Tretre one, a new walk from Treherbert to Treorchy
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Treherbert’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SS9396298376
Lat / Lon
51.67412° / -3.53490°
Easting / Northing
293,962E / 198,376N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Treherbert's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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