On foot

Merthyr Tydfil: St Tydfil's to Ynysfach

A short walk across Merthyr. It starts at St Tydfil's Church, the namesake of the town, and calls at the Black Lion Inn and Dynevor Street before reaching Bethesda Chapel, where a phantom funeral was heard in 1879, and ending at Ynysfach Engine House and the ironworks site.

5 stops · about 1.9 km · allow roughly 1 hr 15 min

  1. 1
    Folklore & legend
    The Martyrdom of St Tydfil

    St Tydfil's Church, Merthyr Tydfil

  2. 2
    Witchcraft
    The Devil as a Gosling at the Black Lion, Merthyr

    The Black Lion Inn, Merthyr Tydfil

  3. 3
    Hauntings
    The Ghosts of the Kirkhouse Memorial, Dynevor Street

    Former Koolers nightclub, Kirkhouse Memorial, Dynevor Street, Merthyr Tydfil

  4. 4
    Curses & omens
    The Phantom Funeral to Bethesda Chapel, 1879

    Bethesda Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil

  5. 5
    Hauntings
    The White Lady of Ynysfach

    Ynysfach Engine House and ironworks site, Merthyr Tydfil

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