Heolgerrig

Heolgerrig
Heolgerrig
	The village of Heolgerrig with the A470 trunk road in the foreground and Mynydd Aberdâr beyond
OS grid reference	SO034067
Principal area	Merthyr Tydfil;
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Merthyr Tydfil
Postcode district	CF48
Dialling code	01685
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney;
	List of places UK Wales Merthyr Tydfil

Heolgerrig (Welsh for "stony road"; formerly "Pen-yr-Heolgerrig") is a small village in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, adjacent to the recently constructed Cyfarthfa Retail Park. It is part of the community of Cyfarthfa.^[1]

It lies just west of Merthyr Tydfil, and is separated from it by the main A470 trunk road.

Village amenities include the Heolgerrig primary school, the Red Lion (Llew Coch) pub, two chapels and a post office.

Notes

^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 554. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

External links

Old Merthyr Tydfil: Heolgerrig - Historical Photographs of Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil.

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[1] Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 554. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

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