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Merthyr Tydfil CBC benefits from Cymru Football Foundation, Sport Wales and UK Government funding.

Merthyr Tydfil CBC can announce that through the Cymru Football Foundation’s Fit-For-Future Facilities Programme, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Sport Wales Pitch Collaboration Fund, we have been s… Content last updated: 18 November 2024

Bus interchange wins another national construction award

Merthyr Tydfil’s new bus interchange has won a second prestigious national construction award within the space of a month. The bus station was announced on Friday as winner of the ‘Sustainability’ cat… Content last updated: 26 October 2021

16–17-year-olds and foreign nationals are encouraged to vote in next year’s elections

With new rules in place which allow 16–17-year-olds and foreign nationals to vote next year in the Council elections, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are encouraging them to go register to vote… Content last updated: 17 May 2022

Consultation for our Strategic Equality Plan 2024-2028

What we are doing? We are consulting on our Strategic Equality Plan for 2024-2028 and we need your input and views to shape and inform our new objectives. Building upon our Strategic Equality Plan 202… Content last updated: 05 September 2023

Bus interchange shortlisted for prestigious national construction awards

Merthyr Tydfil’s trailblazing new bus interchange is in the running for two national construction awards, only a month after its opening. The bus station has been shortlisted from almost 100 ‘outstand… Content last updated: 20 July 2021

Electric vehicles are the future, and you can now charge them in various locations throughout Merthyr Tydfil

We are delighted to announce that Connected Kerb has been busy installing new charging points throughout our town to support quieter, sustainable transport as we aim to meet our Net Zero obligations a… Content last updated: 12 December 2024

Extended consultation on options for 3-16 Voluntary Aided Catholic school

The consultation on the siting of Merthyr Tydfil’s new single all-through 3-16 Voluntary Aided (VA) Catholic school is being extended to give local residents and other stakeholders another chance to c… Content last updated: 20 July 2021

Trading Standards Wales Week: ‘A Safe Route to Net Zero’

Trading Standards Wales (TSW) offers caution to consumers seeking to reduce their carbon emissions, energy and fuel bills.  From past experience, new incentives and a higher demand for services brings… Content last updated: 27 October 2022

Consultation on plans to improve pedestrian provision at Caedraw

As part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme, the County Borough Council is consulting residents on plans to create a better environment entering the town centre by making improvemen… Content last updated: 13 January 2023

Illegal loan sharks cash-in on cost-of-living pressures

Merthyr Tydfil has been highlighted as one of Wales’s illegal lending hotspots in new research confirming fears that current financial hardships may drive more people to borrow from illegal money lend… Content last updated: 05 November 2024

How to Vote in the May 2021 Senedd Elections

Did you know that no matter where you were born, if you live in Wales and are 16 or over, you can now vote in the 2021 Senedd Elections? This is a big change to our democracy in Wales and provides tho… Content last updated: 08 April 2021

Tourist Direction signs

Tourist Direction signs

The 'white on brown' tourist type signs have been in use for many years and are recognised both nationally and internationally. These signs are intended to direct (rather than attract) visitors. The s… Content last updated: 18 October 2023

‘Cyfarthfa: Juxtaposed’ Arts Prize Winners Announced

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery’s new arts prize, Cyfarthfa: Juxtaposed, opened this May. Launched as part of Cyfarthfa’s bicentenary celebrations, the exhibition features the work of 76 artis… Content last updated: 11 June 2025

Partners travel to Merthyr Tydfil to discuss ideas for ambitious European trails project

Local authority, tourism and university partners in an international tourism and environmental initiative travelled to Merthyr Tydfil to progress plans for the project – as well as to visit some of th… Content last updated: 12 July 2022

Proposals to improve Rhydycar footbridge

As part of its Active Travel programme, the Council is considering plans to improve the footbridge linking Merthyr Leisure Village, Rhydycar to the town centre. The current footbridge is a well-used r… Content last updated: 13 January 2022

Delay in start of work on Bethesda Street road improvements

Work due to have begun last month on road improvements in the Bethesda Street area has been delayed and will now start next week (week beginning 6 December 2021). The Council has commenced a series of… Content last updated: 25 January 2022

Request or Report Grit Bin Issue

Gritting or a Grit Bin refill Content last updated: 05 November 2024