バルゴイド周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

An impressive sight and a wonderful tribute to the miners that lost their lives

This area is also great for some technical trail running. Plenty of footpaths meander around the hills.

New skills area is open, progressive jump and drop lines, freeride lines, technical climbs and other features to hone in your MTB skills on - great facility!

Very helpful staff who kindly refilled our water bottles - also pointed out that on entering the main carpark there is a public tap next to the unit/toilets on the left.

Stop for a while and enjoy the views

This is a section of the Taff Trail NCR8 that is unpaved and muddy. Long may this last as the trail has important industrial archeological history. You can still see the stone seats that held the wooden rails of the old tramway in place. For more on the significance, Google Richard "Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and his most significant contributions were the development of the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive.[1] The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804, when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.[2][3] Turning his interests abroad Trevithick also worked as a mining consultant in Peru and later explored parts of Costa Rica. Throughout his professional career he went through many ups and downs and at one point faced financial ruin, also suffering from the strong rivalry of many mining and steam engineers of the day. During the prime of his career he was a well-known and highly respected figure in mining and engineering, but near the end of his life he fell out of the public eye." - from wikipedia. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick

Friendly staff, reasonable prices, very much recommended.

MTB Trail Centre with great cafe serving quality food! Not far off the Taff trail (bit of a climb up to it though but well worth it!).