{"id":5064,"date":"2020-01-28T16:33:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-caerphilly.local\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:47:09","slug":"aber-valley-heritage-museum","status":"publish","type":"listings","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/listings\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Aber Valley Heritage Museum and the Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" single-featured-image\">\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Aber-Valley-Heritage-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-tagline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block text-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>The Aber Valley located in South East Wales has two main communities &#8211; Abertridwr and Senghenydd which grew around the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.<\/h3>\n<p>Come and visit The Heritage Museum located in Senghenydd Community Centre. The museum is dedicated to the rich heritage of the Aber Valley in Caerphilly, with a particular emphasis on the two mines (The Universal Colliery in Senghenydd and the Windsor Colliery in Abertridwr), which once dominated the valley. In particular, the community have donated a great many photographs along with a vast array of artefacts and memorabilia, all of which are on display in the various display cabinets and on the two interactive touch screens.<\/p>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve visited the museum and garden &#8211; why not walk our 3-mile walking history trail &#8220;Walking Through Time,&#8221; which starts at the Memorial Garden. It visits 30 points of interest through Senghenydd and Abertridwr and educates about the history of the Aber Valley. Paper maps are available at the museum, or you can just follow directions and read about the history of each site on the website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkingthroughtime.app\/\">Walking Through Time<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"featured_media":7067,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tc_location":[938],"listing_type":[907,974,924],"class_list":["post-5064","listings","type-listings","status-publish","hentry","tc_location-caerphilly","listing_type-activities","listing_type-history-heritage","listing_type-visitor-attractions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aber Valley Heritage Museum and the Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden | Visit Caerphilly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/listings\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aber Valley Heritage Museum and the Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden | Visit Caerphilly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/listings\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Caerphilly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T10:47:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Aber-Valley-Heritage-Museum.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aber Valley Heritage Museum and the Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden | Visit Caerphilly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Aber-Valley-Heritage-Museum.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-28T16:33:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T10:47:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Aber-Valley-Heritage-Museum.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Aber-Valley-Heritage-Museum.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/aber-valley-heritage-museum\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Business Listings\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\\\/en\\\/listings\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Attractions &amp; 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