Aberdare

Aberdare is a town in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Glamorgan.

Understand
A small village in the middle ages which became a thriving industrial iron and coal town in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Get in
Just south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road

Drink

 * Welsh whisky: Penderyn original distillery, opened in 2000, is 5 miles northwest at Pontbren Llwyd and offers tours. They opened a second in 2021 in Llandudno, and plan to open a third near Swansea in 2023.
 * Welsh whisky: Penderyn original distillery, opened in 2000, is 5 miles northwest at Pontbren Llwyd and offers tours. They opened a second in 2021 in Llandudno, and plan to open a third near Swansea in 2023.

Go next

 * Merthyr Tydfil
 * Pontypridd
 * Pen y Cae
 * Brecon Beacons National Park