You Are Here - Merthyr Vale - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
N 51° 41.294 W 003° 20.199
30U E 476728 N 5726417
You Are Here - Croeseo I Merthyr Vale (Ynyswen)- A small historical marker with you are here map. Located alongside the gateway road into Merthyr Vale, & the Taff Valley one of five Valleys in the Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMVRFP
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/24/2017
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You Are Here - Map & Historical Marker whose focus is the Coal industry & The Colliery that was still standing & producing coal at the time the marker was placed.
The Historical marker I suspect was placed after 1986, it was defiantly placed before in 1989 as it states the colliery is still producing coal.
Merthyr Vale Colliery which closed in 1989 - It was the waste tip from this colliery, that slid down the mountain on 21st October 1966 in the next village of Aberfan, killing 144 people, 116 of which were children. The saddest day in the history of the Welsh Valleys.
Information on the Merthyr Vale Colliery: (
visit link)