Merthyr Tydfil

Mary Cooper's map, showing the location of Merthyr Tydfil. (TV: The Categories of Life)

Merthyr Tydfil, sometimes shortened to Merthyr, was a town in South Wales.

Nearby towns included Rhymney to the east, Aberdare to the south-west and Mountain Ash to the south. To the north of the town was a national park. The A465 intersected with the A470 in the north-west of Merthyr Tydfil, then ran through the north of the town. (TV: The Categories of Life)

The meat supplier Harries & Harries had their headquarters in Merthyr. (TV: Meat)

Steffan's uncle owned a meat-processing plant in Merthyr. (PROSE: Bay of the Dead)

Merthyr Tydfil appeared on Mary Cooper's map of overflow camps in and around Wales. (TV: The Categories of Life)

Behind the scenes

Although unnamed in The Categories of Life, in the real world the national park seen on the map to the north of Merthyr Tydfil is the Brecon Beacons.