When you go hunting for an abandoned mansion but find a triangulation pillar instead. That’s what she thought of this mountain. The pillar isn’t pictured.
Standing among the remains of St Tydfil’s Hospital, a site whose history began with the Merthyr Tydfil Union Workhouse in 1853. Later known as Tydfil Lodge and then St Tydfil’s Hospital, it shaped generations of local lives. Closed in 2012 and
My mum gave me this hiking pole last year. I’ve never really used hiking poles, so it stayed on display—until now. It belonged to my grandad, who passed away 22 years ago. Hiking across Wales with it is an honour, carrying a piece of the greatest
Built in the 12th century, Neath Abbey was once one of Wales’s most powerful Cistercian monasteries. Its nearly 400 years of monastic life ended in 1539 during Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries. Later transformed into a Tudor mansion, it
Merthyr Tydfil
Once a small farming community, Merthyr Tydfil became one of Wales’s key industrial towns, shaped by iron, coal and its workers. Its ironworks fueled the Industrial Revolution. Though industry has faded, its legacy remains in the