Heolgerrig

Heolgerrig

The village of Heolgerrig with the A470 trunk road in the foreground and Mynydd Aberdâr beyond
Heolgerrig
Heolgerrig shown within Merthyr Tydfil
OS grid reference SO034067
Principal area
Ceremonial 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
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

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

Calfaria Welsh chapel in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil.

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

  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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