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


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

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Penywaun (also in Welsh: Pen-y-waun) is a community, electoral ward and north-western suburb of Aberdare in the Cynon Valley. At the 2011 census, the population of the ward was registered as 3,063. When you visit Penywaun, Walkfo brings Penywaun places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Penywaun Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Penywaun


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

With 41 audio plaques & Penywaun places for you to explore in the Penywaun area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Penywaun places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Penywaun culture & places

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Penywaun Workingmen’s Club and Institute (PWCI) began in the village in 1959. Many successful singers and entertainers have performed here, including Sir Tom Jones before his rise to stardom in the 1960s.

Why visit Penywaun with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Penywaun PlacesYou can visit Penywaun places with Walkfo Penywaun to hear history at Penywaun’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Penywaun has 41 places to visit in our interactive Penywaun 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 Penywaun, 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 Penywaun places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Penywaun & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 41 audio facts unique to Penywaun places in an interactive Penywaun map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Penywaun Places Map
41 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Penywaun historic spots

  Penywaun tourist destinations

  Penywaun plaques

  Penywaun geographic features

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

  

Best Penywaun places to visit


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

Penywaun photo St Fagan’s Church, Trecynon
St Fagan’s Church is a Grade II-listed Anglican church in the village of Trecynon near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales . It was originally built in the mid-nineteenth century in the Gothic Revival style .
Penywaun photo Hen-Dy-Cwrdd
Hen-Dy-Cwrdd is a disused Unitarian chapel in Trecynon, Aberdare, Wales . Services at the chapel were conducted in the Welsh language .
Penywaun photo Elim, Cwmdare
Elim, Cwmdare was an Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Aberdare, Wales . The chapel was built in the 1920s and 1930s .
Penywaun photo Salem, Robertstown
Salem, Robertstown is an Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Robertstown, Aberdare, Wales. The chapel is located in Bridge Street, Robertstown.
Penywaun photo St John’s Church, Aberdare
St John the Baptist’s is an ancient parish church in Aberdare, Wales. It is located in the centre of the town of Aberdares.
Penywaun photo Siloa, Aberdare
Siloa was the largest of the Welsh Independent, or Congregationalist, chapels in Aberdare. Established in 1844, Siloa is one of the few Welsh language chapels to remain open today.
Penywaun photo St Elvan’s Church, Aberdare
St Elvan’s Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church. It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859. The population of the parish was close to 14,000 people and increasing at a rate of approximately a thousand each year.
Penywaun photo Aberdare General Hospital
Aberdare General Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Cyffredinol Aberdâr) was a health facility in Rhondda Cynon Taf. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Penywaun photo Ramoth, Hirwaun
Ramoth, Hirwaun, Aberdare, Wales was originally a Baptist chapel. Services at Ramoth were held in Welsh language. Following renovation in 1982, the building continues to be used for Christian worship.
Penywaun photo Nebo, Hirwaun
Nebo, Hirwaun was an Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Aberdare, Wales. The chapel was located in Merthyr Road, Hirwan, Wales, in the 1930s and 1940s. It is now located in the centre of the Welsh town.

Visit Penywaun plaques


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Penywaun has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Penywaun 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 Penywaun using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Penywaun plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.