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Museum closing temporarily for collections store move
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery will be closed for two weeks from Monday 6th November to allow its stored art collections to be relocated to a new off-site store. As well as match funding from… Content last updated: 01 November 2023
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Council seeks views on former bus station site
The Council is consulting residents on what they would like to see on the site of the old bus station which closed in June when the new bus interchange at Swan Street opened. View Survey Initial i… Content last updated: 01 February 2022
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Merthyr Tydfil Children’s Literature Festival 2023
The Festival is now the biggest event in the UK celebrating World Book Day. It is taking place on Thursday 20 April 2023 from 9am until 3pm with over 4000 children in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales and i… Content last updated: 17 April 2023
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The EAL Base
The EAL/GT Base at Ty Dysgu Dowlais is a fully equipped suite where pupils who are new to English or in the early stages of language acquisition can receive intensive language support. We also welcome… Content last updated: 11 March 2024
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Labour-led administration takes over political leadership of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
At a Council meeting held tonight, Wednesday 18 September, it was approved to appoint Labour Councillor Brent Carter as the new Leader of MTCBC.The previous Independent Group Leader, Councillor Gerain… Content last updated: 19 September 2024
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Beautiful sign greets visitors at Parc Taf Bargoed
Many of our lower valley residents may have noticed that Parc Taf Bargoed had a brand new addition placed at the entrance over the weekend. The sign was recently found in storage and rescued from one… Content last updated: 20 May 2025
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Consultation on revised options for Merthyr Tydfil’s 3-16 VA Catholic school
After considering all the feedback from public consultations held in 2021, the County Borough Council is consulting further on revised options for the siting of the new 3-16 VA Catholic school. The tw… Content last updated: 07 January 2022
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Road closed overnight for resurfacing work
Lower Court Street will be closed overnight next weekend for work to complete the new pedestrian crossing between High Street car park and the ‘fountain shops’. The temporary closure will take place b… Content last updated: 28 March 2022
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View ‘station to station’ plans
Residents and businesses will have an opportunity over the next two weeks to view plans to improve the ‘corridor’ between the new bus interchange and a refurbished railway station.The County Borough C… Content last updated: 16 June 2023
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Luxury Merthyr Tydfil hotel arises on site of historic local bakery
This autumn, Merthyr Tydfil town centre will welcome a new boutique hotel — within the former walls of historic bakery and confectioners, Howfield’s & Son (est. 1921). The hotel is due to be open… Content last updated: 24 October 2023
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Council wins prestigious national award for work on bus interchange project
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has won a prestigious national award for its ‘collaborative working and shared vision’ on construction of the new bus interchange. The Council was presented with… Content last updated: 30 September 2021
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Roads closed overnight for pedestrian crossing work
Sections of Lower High Street will be closed overnight the next two Sundays for work to construct a new pedestrian crossing between High Street car park and the ‘fountain shops’ the other side of the… Content last updated: 17 February 2022
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Former Llysfaen Respite Care Homes Cefn Coed Y Cymmer
Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are seeking your views on the redevelopment of the former Llysfaen respite care homes, Cefn Coed y Cymmer in Merthyr Tydfil… Content last updated: 04 January 2023
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Free online mental health service expands reach in south Wales
People in south Wales can now access free online mental health therapy through a new referral system set up in partnership with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB). For the first time,… Content last updated: 09 April 2024
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Virtual Merthyr Tour will feature as part of Visit Wales’s national trails campaign
Merthyr Tydfil is set to play a prominent role in a new national tourism promotional campaign coinciding with the launch of the Council’s online tour of our fantastic landscape. Virtual Merthyr – A 36… Content last updated: 05 November 2024
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Bus interchange wins Wales’s top building award
Merthyr Tydfil’s new bus interchange has picked up its fifth prestigious award in the space of a year, this time being named the best building project in Wales 2022. The £13m bus station was announced… Content last updated: 05 July 2022
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‘Marcia’s Park’ will commemorate much-missed Twyncarmel resident
A children’s playground that has been relocated and rebuilt with brand new equipment is to be named after a much-missed late local resident. The former Twyncarmel play area - which has been closed for… Content last updated: 26 October 2022