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Our Heritage Trails

Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Gwynfi Heritage Trails is aimed at preserving and promoting the long and rich heritage of the twin villages of Aber | Blaengwynfi

This area of the site also guides visitors to the region through a series of Heritage Trails created around the history of the villages, and based around the central themes of The Blue Scar Trail, Industrial Trail, Nature Trail and Community Trails
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All these trails, and more, can be explored via the links below

Please enjoy browsing the details of the trails online below
​We look forward to welcoming you to Aber | Blaengwynfi to explore the trails in person soon!


Gwynfi Heritage Trails


​For further information on the individual trails, please click on the gold text below, or scroll down for information on all four
The Blue Scar Trail
The Industrial Trail
The Nature Trail
The Community Trail

Each of these trails is currently under construction, and we would be delighted to receive input from local and former residents on the content of each trail. Current information - to date - can be found below.

If you have any photographs of any of the sites that you would be willing to submit, or if there are additional sites not yet featured in the trails that you would like to see included, please email us at gwynfiheritagetrails@gmail.com or message us via the Gwynfi Heritage Trails Facebook page

The Blue Scar Trail
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This trail is based around sites featured in the movie "The Blue Scar" which was filmed in the village and released in 1949. The Blue Scar is an important contribution to film history, being the first feature film to be directed by a female director, Jill Craigie, and the first movie soundtrack to be scored by a female composer, Grace Williams.

Blue Scar Trail locations include:
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- The central former Avon Colliery site
- Commercial Street
- "The Rec" mountain top football field

Visit The Blue Scar Trail

Gwynfi Industrial Trail
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The Industrial Trail is centred around the former industrial sites in the villages, including:

- The Afan Colliery
- Pithead Baths
- Afan Hill 
- Quarries
- Railway Stations
- The Rhondda Tunnel

Visit Gwynfi Industrial Trail

Gwynfi Nature Trail
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The Nature Trail is centred around natural sites of interest located around the villages, including:
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- The Queen Mary Rocks
​- Forestry Walks
​- The River Afan

Visit Gwynfi Nature Trail

Gwynfi Community Trails
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The Community Trails are centred around current and former community buildings of interest, both former sites and those that remain in the twin villages of Abergwynfi and Blaengwynfi

Featured buildings include chapels, churches, schools, hotels and more

A detailed list, divided by those in each of the two villages, can be found below

Visitors can opt to explore one or other of the trails, or the two trails combined
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Abergwynfi Community Trail
St Gabriel's Church
The Old School

Tabor Chapel
Scotch & Waun Street
Afan Hill
The Missionary Rooms
The Pithead Baths (now Qualchem)
​The Gelli Hotel
Caersalem
The "Old Road"
​The Graig
Blaengwynfi Community Trail
The Tunnel Hotel
Gwynfi United Football Ground
Gwynfi Silver Band Rehearsal Room
The Police Station
Gwynfi Miners Community Hall
Whitechapel
G2 (former British Legion Club)
Aber | Blaengwynfi Infants School
Gwynfi Bowls Club 
Gwynfi Social Club
Pen Afan Primary School
The Western Hotel
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Visit the Gwynfi Community Trails

If you have images or information on any of the above locations you would be willing to contribute to the Heritage Trails project, or would like to see additional locations added to the trails, please contact us by email at gwynfiheritage@gmail.com 
www.gwynfiheritage.com
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  • Home
  • Heritage Trails
    • Blue Scar Trail
    • Industrial Trail
    • Nature Trail
    • Community Trails
  • Your Heritage
  • Gwynfi Miners Community Hall
    • Gwynfi Heritage Centre
  • Contact Us
  • News
  • Online Store
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