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WELCOME! • CROESO! The Rhondda, the Cynon, the Taf, three rivers which have cut deep into the coalfield plateau to create the distinctive landscape in which the teeming towns and villages of the valleys, strung together by necklaces of terraced houses, are framed in the magnificent décor of the mountains which tower above them, aloof and eternal sentinels to the parade of history below. Silurian warlords, Roman legions, Arthur’s warriors, Welsh chieftains and Llantrisant bowmen; later, awesome preachers ministering to the thousands of settlers who came from every part of the British Isles and Europe to forge iron or win the coal from the rich seams which powered the world. Now, in our own time, the great furnaces are cold and the mines and their spoil heaps are largely gone, but the people are still here, still living in the old terraces, hewn from the Pennant Stone of the mighty hills above. Nowhere else in the world will you find such a diverse country, or such pride and passion, or such a warm welcome - we invite you to discover Rhondda Cynon Taf. 3 www.rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk/visiting Tel. 01443 424085
STARTING YOUR TOUR 4 We have devised five tours which will help you to discover Rhondda Cynon Taf. All the tours start from or are based in Pontypridd , 12 miles north of Cardiff and 8 miles north of Junction 32 where the M4 and the A470 expressway meet. From the north the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road meets the A470 at Merthyr Tydfil. TAFF GORGE & PONTYPRIDD HERITAGE AND HILLSIDE WILDERNESS AND WATERFALLS VALLEY AND VALE CYNON COAL AND IRON
Page 1: ...TOURING COUNTRY... DISCOVER RHON
Page 5 and 6: The A470 dual carriageway northward
Page 7 and 8: Pottery of a different sort is made
Page 9 and 10: Tour 2 HERITAGE & HILLSIDE Discover
Page 11 and 12: Our route now enters the Rhondda Fa
Page 13 and 14: The road crosses a desolate moorlan
Page 15 and 16: Taff Trail Stretching from Cardiff,
Page 17 and 18: The A4059 leads us into our second
Page 19 and 20: Tour 4 VALLEYS & VALE The Green Val
Page 21 and 22: Where the A473 meets the A4119, a r
Page 23 and 24: Royal Mint From every street corner
Page 25 and 26: Midway up the Valley, Mountain Ash
Page 27 and 28: At the edge of the town centre, the

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