Heolgerrig ( Welsh for "stony road"; formerly "Pen-yr-Heolgerrig") is a small village in

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Merthyr Tydfil County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) is a county borough (since 1908) in the south-east of Wales. In mid 2018, it had an estimated population of 60,183. It is located in the historic county of Glamorgan and ...

, Wales. It is part of the

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...

Cyfarthfa Cyfarthfa is a community and electoral ward in the west of the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales. Community Cyfarthfa mainly consists of the settlements of Gellideg and Heolgerrig and Rhyd-y-car area just west of Mer ...

It lies just west of Merthyr Tydfil, and is separated from it by the main A470 trunk road. Village amenities include the Heolgerrig primary school, The Red Lion pub, The Heolgerrig Social Club, three chapels and a post office and small convenience store.

People from Heolgerrig

Mike Jenkins (poet) Mike Jenkins (born 1953) is a Welsh poet and fiction writer in English. He is also the father of the Plaid Cymru politician Bethan Sayed (née Jenkins) and of the journalist Ciaran Jenkins. Early life and education Born in Aberystwyth, Jenkins ...

* Morgan Owen (poet) *

Richard Harrington (actor) Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975) is a Welsh actor. Early and personal life Harrington was born in Gurnos and brought up in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Harrington speaks Welsh as a second language; he came from an English-speaking famil ...

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Old Merthyr Tydfil: Heolgerrig
- Historical Photographs of Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Villages in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough {{Merthyr-geo-stub