Grid reference SO0700
near to Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful, Wales
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Aberfan Colliery spoil tramway
by John Thorn
This photo was taken to show the tramway that took waste from Aberfan colliery to the spoil heaps high above the village. Two years later, the spoil heaps collapsed destroying the school and taking over a hundred lives, mostly children.
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Path to Aberfan Road
by DS Pugh
Connecting Moy Road to Aberfan Road in Aberfan.
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Ynysowen Community Primary School, Aberfan
by Jaggery
Viewed across Aberfan Road. The school was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on April 27th 2012 during her Diamond Jubilee tour of Wales, though the school has been in use since the start of the Summer Term in 2010. The school serves... (more)
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Spelbrook Memorial Woodland
by nantcoly
This woodland was planted with funds from Spelbrook school in Hertfordshire following the Aberfan Tip Disaster of 1966.
The village of Spelbrook can be found at TL4817however the village spelling has been changed and is now Spellbrook
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Aberfan Social Club on Bronaeulog Terrace
by Ian S
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Aberfan and old coal tips
Picture taken before these tips were removed
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The River Taff/ Afon Taf at Aberfan: the view downstream
The view downstream from a point near the new Ynysowen school, at the Grove end of the village. It isn't easy to imagine that less than thirty years ago there was a major industrial site just across the river - Merthyr Vale Colliery.... (more)
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View across valley of Taff to Aberfan
by David Smith
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Bridge Street, Aberfan
by Alan Harris
Looking down Bridge Street towards Merthyr Vale and the site of the former Merthyr Vale Colliery. The Building on the right is the Aberfan Hotel.
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Taff Trail, Aberfan
The Taff Trail is a cycle and walking route that broadly follows the River Taff from Cardiff to Brecon. This stretch follows the course of the long-abandoned Glamorganshire Canal.
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Glyndwr Street, Merthyr Vale
by Graham Horn
A different style of newer terraced houses off the A4054, running down to the River Taff, with Aberfan cemetery on the far hillside.
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Cilgant Aberfan / Aberfan Crescent
Cerddwyr yn cyrraedd pentre Aberfan.
Walkers arriving at Aberfan village (confluence of the Fan [peak] stream).
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