The A465 is a major
road in
south Wales. It is more commonly known as the Heads of the Valleys Road because it joins together the north ends of the
South Wales Valleys.It runs south west from
Hereford,
England, into
Wales via
Abergavenny and
Brynmawr, then continues along the heads of the valleys, past
Ebbw Vale,
Tredegar,
Rhymney,
Merthyr Tydfil and
Hirwaun, then bypasses
Neath before terminating at its junction with the
M4 motorway. The highest point (signposted) of 1350ft is on the
Ebbw Vale section. It now has a new dual carriageway and slip roads between Dowlais Top and
Tredegar via Rhymney. At Dowlais Top there are link roads such as the
A4060, which runs down to the south end of
Merthyr Tydfil and links with the
A470, and the
A4054 which goes through Merthyr Vale and Aberfan. Another link is the
A4102 which leads into Dowlais and Merthyr Tydfil Town Centre. Finally, the A465 passes
Prince Charles Hospital in
Merthyr Tydfil (great view of
Pen Y Fan from here) then continues to Cefn Coed y cymmer (North End of
Merthyr Tydfil) then leads to the A470 link and then continues down the west side of the valley to
Neath.
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