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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Dowlais

  

Dowlais Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Dowlais

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Dowlais history

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Dowlais came to prominence in the 18th and 19th centuries because of its iron and steelworks. By the mid 1840s there were between 5000 and 7000 men, women and children employed in the works. During the early to mid 1800s the ironworks were operated by Sir John Josiah Guest and his wife Lady Charlotte Guest.

You can visit Dowlais places with Walkfo Dowlais to hear history at Dowlais’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dowlais has 44 places to visit in our interactive Dowlais map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Dowlais, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Dowlais places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dowlais & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Dowlais Places Map
44 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Dowlais historic spots	Dowlais tourist destinations	Dowlais plaques	Dowlais geographic features
Walkfo Dowlais tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Dowlais

  

Best Dowlais places to visit

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Dowlais has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Dowlais’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Dowlais’s information audio spots:

Gurnos Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales. The population in 2011 was 5,280. It consists principally of the Gurno Estate.

Joseph Parry’s Cottage Joseph Parry’s Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. It was built in the early 19th century for ironworkers and is now open to the public as a museum.

Morlais Castle Morlais Castle was first begun by Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester in 1290. The castle was captured by Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294 and is believed to have never been fully completed. The location was too remote and exposed to serve as a residence.

Canolfan Soar Canolfan Soar is a Grade II-listed community facility in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, that includes a theatre and other facilities. It was converted from the closed Grade II listed, eighteenth-century, Zoar Chapel in the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Merthyr Tydfil bus station Merthyr Tydfil bus station is the main operator at the station. Main operator is Stagecoach South Wales. NAT Group and First Call Travel also run services. The former bus station closed and was demolished.

The Wern The Wern is a sports stadium in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Opened in 1958, the stadium is home to rugby union and rugby league club South Wales Ironmen. The stadium is a combination of seating and standing with a capacity of 4,500.

Merthyr Synagogue The former Merthyr Synagogue is located on Bryntirion Road in the Thomastown section of Merthry Tydfil. It is a Grade II listed building and is the oldest purpose-built synagogue still standing in Wales.

Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme The Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme is a major opencast coaling operation to the north-east of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It will extract 10 million tonnes of coal over 15 years, the revenues from which will redevelop the current former industrial workings into residential and recreational use. The opencast coal mine has provoked criticism at a local and national scale.

The Hoover Factory, Pentrebach The Hoover Factory, situated in Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, opened on 19 October 1948 in order to manufacture Hoover washing machines. The initial workforce consisted of only 350 people but throughout the years, the growth of the company saw this figure rise to 5,000 in the 1960s and 70s.

Penydarren B.G.C. Penydarren BGC play in the Ardal Leagues South West, the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid. They are based in Merthyr Tydfil.

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