Merthyr Tydfil
Overlooking the dramatic mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park, and surrounded by idyllic countryside punctuated by relics of its industrial past, Merthyr Tydfil is a vibrant and interesting town, just 23 miles from Cardiff. Your new home town is packed with historical sites, a castle, museum and theatre, not to mention a heritage narrow gauge railway.
The town has green space and parks everywhere as well as a rich outdoor activity scene of free-range walking and biking, a golf club, a football club and a rugby club. Your new home in Merthyr Tydfil also has an excellent road network between the A470, A465 and A4060 with great links to Cardiff, Swansea, Brecon and Abergavenny.
New Homes in Merthyr Tydfil
Living in Merthyr Tydfil
Travel here there and everywhere
Your new home is ideally placed whether you're looking to enjoy the great outdoors or head to the city for a weekend of shopping or rugby. The town is enclosed in a network of excellent A-roads connecting Merthyr to the cities of South Wales and the iconic Welsh Valleys. Just 17 miles from the highest point of the Brecon Beacons, Pen Y Fan, while cities such as Cardiff and Neath are 23 miles away, Port Talbot is 29 miles away, and Swansea is 32 miles away. Cardiff Airport is just an hour's drive.
Lots of local amenities
If you'd like high street brands with fast food outlets, the Cyfarthfa Shopping Park brings you a great out-of-town shopping experience with easy parking. You have a choice of supermarket superstores, great schools, a hospital, a railway station with regular services to Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street - plus exciting plans to link to the South Wales Metro network.
The Brecon Beacons National Park
Your new house gives you the Brecon Beacons on your doorstep - a mecca for hikers, mountain bikers and climbers. The Brecon Beacons, also known as the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park stretches 350 square miles and boasts South Wales’ highest mountain, Pen Y Fan, among its six peaks.
Just a short drive from a landscape of deep valleys, forests, lakes, waterfalls, and caves. If you like adrenaline, the area is also home to the world’s fastest zip wire, the UK’s largest mountain biking park and the largest indoor climbing wall in Wales. Whatever your level of ability.