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List of schools
PRIMARY Abercanaid Community School The Park, Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1SZ Head: Mrs J Edwards Tel: (01685) 351820 Email: office@abercanaid.merthyr.sch.uk Website: www.abercanaid.merthyr.sch.… Content last updated: 02 February 2026
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Year 8 Girls Inspired at International Women’s Day – Give to Gain
On Friday 6th March, the Business and Education Together Partnership (BETP) hosted a powerful International Women’s Day: Give to Gain event, welcoming 100 Year 8 girls for a day designed to spark curi… Content last updated: 19 March 2026
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Sex Establishments Licence
Sex Establishments are required to be licenced by the County Borough Council under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982. A sex establishment can either be a Sex Shop, or a Sex Cine… Content last updated: 25 January 2022
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‘Excellence in Housing Innovation’ nomination for Merthyr Tydfil CBC at Welsh Housing Awards 2023
We’re delighted to announce that Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has been shortlisted for the Welsh Housing Awards 2023 in ‘Excellence in Housing Innovation’ for our Pen Y Dre Apartments / Compa… Content last updated: 01 November 2023
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Thank You
Thank you for getting in touch! We appreciate you contacting us. One of our colleagues will get back to you shortly. Content last updated: 11 January 2023
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Residents asked for comments on Tesco roundabout improvements
As part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme, the County Borough Council is planning improvements at Tesco roundabout to make crossing the road safer for pedestrians. The scheme will… Content last updated: 05 October 2021
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Taff Trail closure in Troedyrhiw
A section of the Taff Trail in Troedyrhiw is closed for the next couple of weeks to allow Dwr Cymru Welsh Water to carry out essential repairs. The bridleway between Pond Row and Lewis Square at Aberc… Content last updated: 05 May 2022
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Merthyr Tydfil’s first five-star holiday billing
A suite of luxury holiday self-catering cottages has become the first Merthyr Tydfil accommodation to be awarded a coveted five stars by Visit Wales. The Pencerrig Collection, which comprises seven ho… Content last updated: 16 June 2023
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Minutes of Meetings
RHSCGs are required to meet a minimum of four times per year, as a formal RHSCG meeting. The minutes of Cwm Taf Morgannwg RHSCG meetings are published here. Content last updated: 04 June 2025
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Births, Deaths, Marriages
Details on how to register a birth or death, plan a civil marriage or civil partnership, request a copy certificate or plan a celebratory service. Content last updated: 17 November 2025
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Voting by Post
Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting without having to go to a polling station. Postal votes or proxy votes (where someone votes on your behalf) are available to anyone who is regist… Content last updated: 04 July 2024
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Sensory/Immersive Room
The Integrated Children’s Centre in Pentrebach is home to a state of the art Sensory, Immersive Room and Sensory Lending Library. It is full of wonderful and exciting equipment and play activities sui… Content last updated: 13 February 2026
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Would-be drivers queue to try a bus
A driver recruitment day held by Stagecoach in Merthyr Tydfil last weekend was a resounding success, with more than 20 potential employees turning up. The company’s 'try a bus' event at the College Me… Content last updated: 14 October 2022
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Consultation on plans for wind farm
A consultation began yesterday (3 November) on plans to site a wind farm with up to six turbines north-east of Merthyr Tydfil, just above the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road. Renewable energy generator… Content last updated: 04 November 2022
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Swansea Road Active Travel improvements
The Council is planning to improve pedestrian and cycling links along Swansea Road for the benefit of residents and visitors, as part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme. The work w… Content last updated: 21 June 2023
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Christmas lights switch-on virtual due to Covid-19 uncertainty
The continuing uncertainty caused by the pandemic means that Merthyr Tydfil’s Christmas lights will have a ‘virtual’ switch-on for the second year in a row. With Covid-19 infections still at a high ra… Content last updated: 22 October 2021
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MTCBC’s fleet of vehicles set to go electric!
With the aim of being Carbon Neutral by 2030, our fleet operations team have purchased 4 x Electric Vehicles (EVs), with 4 more being delivered by September this year. The new vehicles, which are curr… Content last updated: 21 July 2021
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World Childrens Day 2024
Children's rights are at the heart of everything we do. We have a long history of supporting and upholding children’s rights in Wales. One hundred years on from the Declaration of the Rights of the Ch… Content last updated: 20 November 2024
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School Budget Forum
Section 47A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as amended by the Education Act 2002, required all Councils to establish a Schools Forum. In accordance with the Schools Forums (Wales) Regu… Content last updated: 20 August 2025
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A busy June for the Business and Education Together Partnership as Project draws to a thrilling close
On the 12th of June our south cluster Business Enterprise Project, run in conjunction with MTEC, came to a thrilling close in Rhyd-y-car Leisure Centre. Pupils from Trelewis and Bedlinog Primary Schoo… Content last updated: 25 June 2024