Aberfan Village, Merthyr Tydfil County, old County of Mid Glamorgan.Description: Village in Taff Valley remembered for coal-tip disaster of 1966. Local knowledge: Memorial garden on site of Pantglas School where almost 150, mainly children, were engulfed by Merthyr Vale Colliery waste tip, October 1966. Village in Taff Valley remembered for coal-tip disaster of 1966.Railway station: On Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil branch line (Merthyr Vale halt). Swimming pool: Indoor pool.




