Guidebook for Merthyr Tydfil

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Guidebook for Merthyr Tydfil

Food Scene

Very reliable and consistent quality food available every evening from 6pm to 9pm and at lunchtimes at weekends.
Nant Ddu Lodge station
Very reliable and consistent quality food available every evening from 6pm to 9pm and at lunchtimes at weekends.
Bacon and egg sandwiches and a good cup of tea after a walk in the forest park.
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Garwnant
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Bacon and egg sandwiches and a good cup of tea after a walk in the forest park.
Great fresh pizza and some excellent cake choices - and they have a bike park if you want to cycle there
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Woodfired
62 High St
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Great fresh pizza and some excellent cake choices - and they have a bike park if you want to cycle there
Good value friendly local pub. Very handy for the Taff Trail walk and cycleway.
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Aberglais Inn
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Good value friendly local pub. Very handy for the Taff Trail walk and cycleway.
Lovely old pub in a secluded spot - very nearby both the waterfall walks, the distillery and a historic local church.
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The Red Lion Inn, Penderyn
Church Road
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Lovely old pub in a secluded spot - very nearby both the waterfall walks, the distillery and a historic local church.
Check opening hours - but a handy stop off on the Taff Trail cycle route
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The Old Barn Tea Room
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Check opening hours - but a handy stop off on the Taff Trail cycle route

Drinks & Nightlife

Friendly local pub with regular live music
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The New Crown
28 High St
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Friendly local pub with regular live music

Parks & Nature

Stunning waterfalls, lush greenery, great walks - and even caving and gorge walking trips if you fancy it.
Ystradfellte
Stunning waterfalls, lush greenery, great walks - and even caving and gorge walking trips if you fancy it.
The highest point in the Beacons and easy to climb from several directions.
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Pen-y-Fan
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The highest point in the Beacons and easy to climb from several directions.

Entertainment & Activities

Ride on an American steam train in a classic Welsh setting
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Brecon Mountain Railway
Pontsticill Road
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Ride on an American steam train in a classic Welsh setting
A great little tour around the distillery - and tastings of great whiskey, gin and vodka.
The Welsh Whisky Co Ltd
Pontpren
A great little tour around the distillery - and tastings of great whiskey, gin and vodka.

Getting Around

They will pick you up if needed.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Merthyr Tydfil
Pentrebach Road
They will pick you up if needed.
Trains from town to Cardiff Central and to the airport link.
Railway Station
Trains from town to Cardiff Central and to the airport link.
You can get the bus direct to Merthyr, Brecon, Newtown and Cardiff Central. Runs every 90 mins from 7am to 7pm
Llwyn-on Village station
You can get the bus direct to Merthyr, Brecon, Newtown and Cardiff Central. Runs every 90 mins from 7am to 7pm

Sightseeing

Lovely setting, good cafe and interesting military chapel.
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Brecon Cathedral Cathedral Close
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Lovely setting, good cafe and interesting military chapel.
Home of the Crawshays, owners of the Cyfarthfa ironworks - once the largest in the world. A Victorian castle with extensive parks and gardens, an interesting museum, café, tennis courts and a miniature railway.
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Cyfarthfa Castle Museum og Art Gallery
Brecon Road
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Home of the Crawshays, owners of the Cyfarthfa ironworks - once the largest in the world. A Victorian castle with extensive parks and gardens, an interesting museum, café, tennis courts and a miniature railway.