Pontypridd Museum — Attraction in Pontypridd

Last year we had wanted to visit this place as well as have our session at the lido ponty but it was closed as it got flooded in 2020 in the February just before everything shut down in the March which was shocking!

The museum itself is an old converted methodist church building and its only a small museum and open weekdays only and in the basement there is a meeting space as well as the story of the floods of February 2020!

There is the history of the old mining community in there as well and how the town grew up through the old coal mines there.

We decided last year to rearrange to come and see the museum another time when it was open again and that we...

Small local museum that often has events going on. Check out the mural downstairs above the kitchen. There is an upstairs with some really cool stuff as well

Hire out space for local groups, and have had local art group exhibitions in past, art and craft groups as well as info days.

Downstairs rooms are large enough for a huge variety of activities and main room has been used for large community events in past.

The small bookshop and gift shop at the entrance has interesting stuff. No longer opens Saturdays...

A Great Free museum of life in pontypridd, have a look at the old Victorian bridge before you go in as there's information to read about it, definitely worth a visit if you're in the area, you can park at Gas Road Car Park, for a small fee, (I think it was 50p an hour £2 for 4 hours) but it gets busy on Saturdays (go Monday to Friday) really nice park opposite the car park as well with a lido with 28 degree water, we will be going back for this as it...