Stay in Cordell Country
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There is so much to do in Cordell Country that a day trip can easily turn into a long weekend - and to help you have a relaxing as well as an inspiring break, there are a range of accommodation providers to suit all needs. Take a look at the places to stay option as you explore the routes, or else look at the places to stay section.
Suggested Tours
© Wales Official Tour Guide Association
The Official Cordell Tour Guides can create numerous, personalised tours for you, linking together the different stories and themes that Cordell explored in his books. Some ideas include:
- A walking tour of Blaenavon - these run regularly through the summer so it is worth contacting the World Heritage Centre to see when you can join one.
- A tour around the hills of south Wales to see the valleys where all the characters lived and to appreciate how the characters moved between the valleys without the benefit of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road.
- A visit to sites that show the different ways of life of the workers, landowners and iron/coal masters - attractions such as Stack Square (Blaenavon), Bute Town (Rhymney), Cyfarthfa Castle (Merthyr Tydfil) and Rhondda Heritage Park (Porth).
The guides can create a tour just for you.
Cordells Autobiography
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Alexander Cordell: Valiant for Truth by Alexander Buckingham and Richard Frame - both of whom were close friends of Alexander Cordell.
This book, includes extracts and anecdotes from his war diary, this biography traces his life and career and especially his relationship with his first wife, Rosina, and Donnie, the widow of his next door neighbour. Buy this book at GWales.com