Cycling

Merthyr Tydfil to Brecon

This route takes you from one of the most famous of the South Wales’ former mining towns, and ends in the picturesque rural town of Brecon. Due to the range of path surface types, a road bike is probably not suitable.acons

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Three Peaks Trail

An easy, traffic free ride that takes in three of Wales' most picturesque parks. At Hengoed you pass the magnificent ‘Wheel of Drams' artwork, an eight-metre high sculpture, constructed from old coal carts, known as ‘drams'.

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Taff Trail

The Taff Trail is a multi-purpose route between the Cardiff waterfront at Cardiff Bay in the South and the Market Town of Brecon in the North. 55 miles (88km) in length, it passes close to Pontypridd and Merthyr Tydfil and through a wide variety of urban and suburban landscapes of those towns and the open moorland of the Brecon Beacons.ons

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Abercanaid to Merthyr Tydfil

Abercanaid and Pentrebach are two small villages situated on opposite sides of the River Taff. The Railway Station at Pentrebach is connected to Abercanaid and above it the Taff Trail via a footbridge. This station with frequent trains to Merthyr and Cardiff is an ideal destination for cycling North into the hills of the Brecon Beacons.

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Cynon Trail

Starting at Abercynon and ending in Hirwaun this route twists and turns its way north west along sections of the Old Glamorganshire Canal.ons

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The Trevithick Trail

The Trevithick Trail is a cycle path which follows the line of the Trevithick Railway from Penydarren to Abercynon. This was the location of the world's first steam engine running on rails when in 1804 it transported 10 tons of iron from Penydarren to Abercynon where it was transferred to canalboat to continue its journey.

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