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CMB Service & Repair Centre, Llwynypia
Located on Llwynypia Road. Services available include MOT vehicle testing; car services and repairs; tyres; cars bought and sold.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 28 Oct 2011
0.02 miles
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Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the wall west side of Llwynypia Road. It marks a point 144.344m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 13 May 2017
0.05 miles
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Kwik Save electricity substation, Llwynypia
In September 2017, the Western Power Distribution electricity substation is near Home Bargains discount store. The substation identifier KWIK SAVE S/S No. 54-1897 shows the name of the store when the substation was installed. Kwik Save ceased trading nationwide in 2007.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Sep 2017
0.07 miles
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Llwynypia houses near the corner of Institute Place
Two semi-detached houses across Llwynypia Road. The steps on the left lead up to the statue of Archibald Hood. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2676072
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 28 Oct 2011
0.08 miles
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Home Bargains, Llwynypia
Discount store viewed across Llwynypia Road in Llwynypia near the Tonypandy boundary.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Sep 2017
0.08 miles
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Entrance to Tonypandy Enterprise Centre
Viewed across Llwynypia Road, Llwynypia.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 28 Oct 2011
0.08 miles
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Cambrian N.U.M Club, Llwynypia
National Union of Miners club and institute, set below the east side of Llwynypia Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 28 Oct 2011
0.09 miles
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Archibald Hood statue, Llwynypia
Located in a viewing and seating area several metres above the west side of Llwynypia Road. Archibald Hood (1823-1902) was a Scottish mining engineer and entrepreneur. In 1862 Hood began operations in the Welsh coalfields, establishing the Glamorgan Coal Company, modernising and extending old pits and opening new ones. The colliery occupied an area from the Powerhouse, north of Tonypandy, to the Hay Stores in Llwynypia.
Archibald Hood’s concern and care for his workers was legendary. The inscription on the base of the statue is
ARCHIBALD HOOD
COAL OWNER
THIS STATUE IS ERECTED
BY HIS WORKMEN AND FRIENDS
AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT
TO HIS MEMORY
1906.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 28 Oct 2011
0.09 miles
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Archibald Hood statue viewed from Llwynypia Road, Llwynypia
Archibald Hood http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2676072 was a well-respected mine owner.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 28 Oct 2011
0.09 miles
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Tonypandy Methodist Church
Part of the Mid Glamorgan Mission Methodist Circuit, viewed across Llwynypia Road in September 2017.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Sep 2017
0.09 miles