Heolgerrig
Appearance
Heolgerrig | |
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The village of Heolgerrig with the A470 trunk road in the foreground and Mynydd Aberdâr beyond | |
OS grid reference | SO034067 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
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 | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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.