Welcome to Visit Glenboi Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Glenboi


Visit Glenboi PlacesVisit Glenboi places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Glenboi places to visit. A unique way to experience Glenboi’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Glenboi as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Glenboi is a village located 1 mile North of the town Mountain Ash in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The English translation of the village is Wood Valley, “Glen” meaning a “small valley” When you visit Glenboi, Walkfo brings Glenboi places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Glenboi Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Glenboi


Visit Glenboi – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 46 audio plaques & Glenboi places for you to explore in the Glenboi area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Glenboi places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Glenboi with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Glenboi PlacesYou can visit Glenboi places with Walkfo Glenboi to hear history at Glenboi’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Glenboi has 46 places to visit in our interactive Glenboi 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 Glenboi, 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 Glenboi places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Glenboi & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 46 audio facts unique to Glenboi places in an interactive Glenboi map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Glenboi Places Map
46 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Glenboi historic spots

  Glenboi tourist destinations

  Glenboi plaques

  Glenboi geographic features

Walkfo Glenboi tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Glenboi

  

Best Glenboi places to visit


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

Glenboi photo Saron, Aberaman
Saron, Aberaman was a Welsh Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Aberaman. It was formed as an initiative of David Price of Siloa, Aberdare. Saron was claimed to be the largest chapel in the Cynon Valley.
Glenboi photo Bethania, Cwmbach
Bethania, Cwmbach was a Baptist Chapel in the Aberdare Valley in Wales. Badly damaged by an air raid attack in 1941 it was restored but closed in the 1980s. Services were held in the Welsh language.
Glenboi photo Mynydd Merthyr
Mynydd Merthyr is a broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale (Welsh Cwm Taf) and the Cwm Cynon in the Valleys region of South Wales. It forms the boundary between the unitary authorities of Rhondda Cynon Taff to the west and Merthyrs Tydfil to the east. The high point of 493m is at Mynyd Gethin (OS grid reference SO 044025) The ridge includes subsidiary summits of Twyn Brynbychan and Twyn Sych.
Glenboi photo Mountain Ash General Hospital
Mountain Ash General Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Cyffredinol Mountain Ash) was a health facility on Duffryn Road, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Glenboi photo Ysbyty Cwm Cynon
Ysbyty Cwm Cynon (English: Cynon Valley Hospital) is a health facility on New Road, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Glenboi photo Aberfan
Aberfan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌabɛrˈvan] is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley. It became known for the Aberfan disaster, when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.
Glenboi photo Soar, Cwmaman
Soar, Cwmaman was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The chapel was built in the 1930s.
Glenboi photo Seion, Cwmaman
Seion, Cwmaman is a Welsh Baptist church originally established in 1859. The chapel closed in 2013 but the church still meets at another location in the village.
Glenboi photo Penrhiwceiber Rangers F.C.
Penrhiwceiber Rangers F.C play in the Ardal Leagues South West. The Welsh club were formed in 1961.
Glenboi photo Cefn Gwyngul
Cefn Gwyngul is a long broad ridge in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough in South Wales. Its 470m high summit is marked by an ancient cairn known as Carn-y-Pigwn. Much of the hill is cloaked by modern forestry plantations.

Visit Glenboi plaques


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Glenboi has 3 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Glenboi plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Glenboi using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Glenboi plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.