Visit Maerdy Places

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

  

Maerdy Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Maerdy

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Maerdy history

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Maerdy is a Welsh word meaning “house of the mayor”, and may indicate a medieval origin. The word ‘Mardy’ in colloquial English would appear to stem from the old Welsh word for slave. The area grew from a farming community to town around the coal mining industry in the late 19th century.

You can visit Maerdy places with Walkfo Maerdy to hear history at Maerdy’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Maerdy has 29 places to visit in our interactive Maerdy 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 Maerdy, 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 Maerdy places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Maerdy & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 29 audio facts unique to Maerdy places in an interactive Maerdy map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Maerdy Places Map
29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Maerdy places to visit

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

Ton Pentre F.C. Ton Pentre Football Club plays in the Ardal Leagues South West, the third level of Welsh league football. Nicknamed the “Rhondda Bulldogs”, the team plays at Ynys Park, Ton Pente, Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Ystradyfodwg Ystradyfodwg was an ancient upland parish in Glamorgan, Wales. It is believed to have been named after a 6th-century saint or chieftain. The Parish included most of the area which would later be known as Rhondda.

Ysbyty George Thomas Ysbyty George Thomas is a health facility on Cwmparc Road, Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Parc and Dare Hall The Parc and Dare Hall, now known as the Park and Dare Theatre, is a former Miners’ institute. It is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley of Wales.

Noddfa, Treorchy Welsh Baptist Chapel was located in Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley. It was one of the largest and grandest of all Welsh chapels.

Soar, Cwmaman Soar, Cwmaman was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The chapel was built in the 1930s.

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.

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.

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