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Every city and large town in the uk has rough areas and Merthyr is no worse.
having worked all over the world, Merthyr is the only place we've had company vehicles firebomed on a clients site by bored locals. (this includes working in liberia during the 90's and sierra leone)
yes there are rough areas everywhere but Merthyr, rhymney and bits of ebbw vale are a special kind of hive of scum and villainy
no, i'll take MT and any of the other place that tazzymtb mentions over any of the above named shitholes east of the line.
No, not a troll. We fancied a trail centre oriented holiday and Merthyr has had a lot of development. I'm going to Tal y Bont for a few days in Sept. Will ride the natural stuff round there then.
We want a few days at BPW, a day a Brechfa, a trip to Cwm Rhyder, a go on that new blue/black one and a day at Afan. Trying to find somewhere nice to stay that will keep the travelling down.
Anyone done similar to the above? Where did you stay?
I live 15 mins from Bikepark its such a chore lol! Amazing place to ride, Merthyr has a bad rep and isn't really that bad although there are pubs that are best avoided. If you want more quaint surroundings try anywhere in the Brecon Beacons area.
You could stay in Cardiff or Swansea and have a 35-45 minute drive to MT.
Lots of places around and in Merthyr that will be fine to stay.