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


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

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Aber Valley is a valley community in Caerphilly county borough, South Wales. It has two main communities, Abertridwr and Senghenydd, which grew around the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Aber Valley Heritage Group has established a Heritage Museum in order to commemorate the scene of the largest mining disaster in British history. When you visit Aber Valley, Walkfo brings Aber Valley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Aber Valley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Aber Valley

Visit Aber Valley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 27 audio plaques & Aber Valley places for you to explore in the Aber Valley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Aber Valley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Aber Valley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Aber Valley PlacesYou can visit Aber Valley places with Walkfo Aber Valley to hear history at Aber Valley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Aber Valley has 27 places to visit in our interactive Aber Valley 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 Aber Valley, 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 Aber Valley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Aber Valley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 27 audio facts unique to Aber Valley places in an interactive Aber Valley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Aber Valley Places Map
27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Aber Valley historic spots

  Aber Valley tourist destinations

  Aber Valley plaques

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

  

Best Aber Valley places to visit

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

Aber Valley photo Ystrad Mynach Hospital
Ystrad Mynach Hospital was a community hospital in Wales. It was managed by Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board.
Aber Valley photo Upper Boat power station
Upper Boat power station supplied electricity to Pontypridd and the wider area from 1904 to 1972. The station was decommissioned in 1972 and was demolished in 1976. It was owned and operated by the South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company.
Aber Valley photo Dynea Halt railway station
Dynea Halt was a small halt on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, and closed in 1956.
Aber Valley photo Mynydd Meio
Mynydd Meio is a 322-metre-high hill in the county borough of Caerphilly in South Wales. The high point is just over 200 m north of the trig point which sits at 322 metres (1,056 ft) above sea-level.
Aber Valley photo Penyrheol, Caerphilly
Penyrheol is a residential area (and electoral ward) of Caerphilly, Wales. It is often spelt as Pen-yr-heol by the local community. At the 2011 census the population of the community was 12,537.
Aber Valley photo Pontypridd Cottage Hospital
Pontypridd Cottage Hospital is a health facility in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Aber Valley photo Universal Colliery
Universal Colliery was a coal mine located in Senghenydd in the Aber Valley, roughly four miles north-west of Caerphilly. Started in 1891, it became a ventilation facility for the Windsor Colliery in 1928 before complete closure in 1988.
Aber Valley photo Cefn Eglwysilan
Cefn Eglwysilan is a hill in South Wales, the twin 382m summits of which lie 2 km east of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Its eastern side lies within the community of Aber Valley in Caerphilly county borough.

Visit Aber Valley plaques

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here Aber Valley has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Aber Valley 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 Aber Valley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Aber Valley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.