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Local Housing Allowance (LHA)
How much will I get? The amount of Housing Benefit/ Local Housing Allowance rate you receive is based on the number of bedrooms your household needs. One bedroom is counted for: each adult or adult c… Content last updated: 29 September 2025
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New Haystack Café set to open in Merthyr Tydfil
The Haystack Café, a Welsh farm-style café and coffee shop, is set to open its second venue in Merthyr Tydfil and will be based within the former Howfields Bakery building on the High Street. The owne… Content last updated: 21 February 2024
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Wheeled Bin
An administration and delivery charge will apply for any new or replacement wheeled bins. Details of this charge can be found on our Fees and Charges page: https://www.merthyr.gov.uk/resident/fees-and… Content last updated: 31 March 2026
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Get Cosmetic Confident
Trading Standards Wales (TSW) is issuing a strong warning to consumers about the growing threat posed by illegal and counterfeit cosmetic products being both on high street shops and online. These pro… Content last updated: 12 November 2025
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Santa and snow at Christmas lights switch-on
Plans are being finalised for this year’s Christmas lights switch-on in Merthyr Tydfil featuring Santa, fireworks - and some snow…no matter what the weather! Pyrotechnic fireworks will follow the swit… Content last updated: 20 October 2022
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E-bikes available to borrow for free for Merthyr Tydfil locals
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has partnered with the UK’s leading active travel charity, Sustrans, to bring its e-bike borrowing project, E-Move, to Merthyr Tydfil. This initiative has been fu… Content last updated: 20 September 2024
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Resources
The EAL/GT Base holds a large library of teaching resources and multilingual books which are available on loan. Email merthyrhomeed@merthyr.gov.ukfor more details. Content last updated: 11 March 2024
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Black Recycling Box
Recycling boxes - Collected every week Each household will have three recycling boxes, one for paper, one for glass bottles and jars and one for cardboard. NB: from 5th April 2021 card and glass must… Content last updated: 21 March 2025
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Two High Street Shops hit with fines over illegal vape sales
Two Town centre shops have appeared before Merthyr Magistrates Court for selling vapes to a 15 year old boy in Merthyr Tydfil. One of the businesses also sold a vape which did not comply with UK Regul… Content last updated: 14 October 2024
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Food labelling and Allergens
The Council deal with complaints concerning the purchase of food including: Hygiene Unfit to be eaten Foreign Bodies Food labelling Food composition and description Food contamination Inspections ar… Content last updated: 29 November 2023
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Full Christmas lights switch-on back for 2022
The Council is delighted to confirm that Merthyr Tydfil’s Christmas lights will be switched on this year on Saturday 19 November. The previous two years have seen the event reduced to a ‘virtual’ cere… Content last updated: 27 September 2022
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Two Tone Vapes Ltd prosecuted for selling a vape to a 15 year old girl
The Trading Standards Service at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council recently prevented the sale of age restricted goods to a child. There is currently considerable concern over young people accessi… Content last updated: 26 January 2024
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Transitional Relief
From 1 April 2023, following the revaluation, the Welsh Government is providing all ratepayers whose liability is increasing by more than £300, as a consequence of revaluation, with transitional relie… Content last updated: 01 April 2026
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Business Enterprise Project off to a flying start!
On the 25th of April, Year 6 pupils in the south cluster of primary schools took part in the launch day of our very first Business Enterprise Project, which ran in Aberfan Leisure Centre and Ynysowen… Content last updated: 07 May 2024
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Cwm Taf Morgannwg Community Health Council (CHC)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg Community Health Council (CHC) is the independent watchdog of NHS services across Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend. The CHC consists of a small team of staff and volunt… Content last updated: 11 October 2023
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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
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Keys to £11m bus interchange handed over
The County Borough Council has been handed the keys to the new Merthyr Tydfil bus interchange by main contractor Morgan Sindall ahead of the building’s opening next month. All bus services will transf… Content last updated: 29 April 2021
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Greenfield Special School has developed a new Wellbeing App
Pupils in Greenfield Special School have been working with a company called Value Added Education for the last 3 months to design an app focused on improving wellbeing and reducing stress. The past 3… Content last updated: 18 July 2024
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It's Recycling Week 2024!
Did you know you can now recycle 12 different materials at the kerbside every week? Plastic bottles, tubs and trays – blue bag Metal food and drink cans – blue bag Aluminium foil – blue bag T… Content last updated: 06 November 2024
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