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River Taff downstream from the B4285 bridge between Merthyr Vale and Aberfan
Merthyr Vale is on the left side of the river, Aberfan is on the right.
There is a weir http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3025941 about 90 metres behind the camera.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Junction for Station Hill, Aberfan
Partly hidden by vegetation, a sign showing Cemetery points right towards Station Hill, which no longer leads up to a station. Aberfan railway station closed in 1951. Viewed from Aberfan Road which becomes Aberfan Crescent on the left, beyond the junction.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Cilgant Aberfan / Aberfan Crescent
Cerddwyr yn cyrraedd pentre Aberfan.
Walkers arriving at Aberfan village (confluence of the Fan [peak] stream).
Image: © Alan Richards
Taken: 29 May 2016
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A former railway embankment, Aberfan
Viewed from near the right side http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343015 of a hairpin bend in Station Hill. The stone wall supports the embankment which formerly carried railway lines about 100 metres north of Aberfan railway station, which closed in 1951.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Aberfan Old Library
Located on the corner of Bridge Street and Riverside Close, the modernised
former library is used as a meeting hall by various local groups.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Aberfan Surgery
Located in Cottrell Street, on the corner of Bridge Street. The surgery is a National Health Service practice managed by Merthyr Tydfil Local Health Board, part of the South Merthyr Primary Care Network.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Zion Methodist Church, Aberfan
Located on Bridge Street, facing Cottrell Street. The church was built in 1891.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Bridge Street, Aberfan
A view to the east along Bridge Street from Aberfan Road. The Aberfan pub http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3027226 is on the right.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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No motorbikes allowed on the Taff Trail, Aberfan
A boulder reinforces the message in the sign on the path surface.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jul 2012
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Site of Aberfan Station
In common with many of the South Wales valleys, Taff Vale had two railways running through it. This over-provision was actively encouraged by Victorian colliery owners who were keen to encourage competition and thus keep freight rates low. After the Second World War, with both the railways and the coal industry nationalised, this situation was no longer tenable and wherever possible services were concentrated on one line. With the Taff Vale main line just a short distance further east, the line that passed here closed to passengers in 1951 and freight in 1954.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 19 Mar 2013
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