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3 unusual facts about Cynon Valley


Abercynon North railway station

Abercynon North railway station was one of two railway stations - North and South - serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales.

Guido Roffi

To mark his passing, the 'Roffi Cup' was set up in his memory, a football tournament in which Cynon Valley junior schools compete.

Harri Webb

In 1964 Webb began to work in Mountain Ash, the Cynon Valley previously having been the largest borough in Wales without a public library service.


Craig y Llyn

Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated in Rhigos on the west side of the upper Cynon Valley in South Wales; it is the highest point in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the highest in the South Wales Valleys.

Mynydd Merthyr

Mynydd Merthyr is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale (Welsh Cwm Taf) and the Cwm Cynon in the Valleys region of South Wales.

Viscount Hall

Viscount Hall, of Cynon Valley in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.


see also

Cynon

River Cynon, the river which gives its name to the Cynon Valley.

Rhondda Cynon Taf, an administrative area in Wales created through the merger of the former districts of the Rhonnda, Cynon Valley and Taff-Ely.

Elfyn Lewis

Lewis's paintings are held in the collections of the Cynon Valley Museum, MOMA Wales and Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery.