Heads of the Valleys Road

English

Proper noun

Heads of the Valleys Road

1. The A465 trunk road in Wales, so-called for at least part of its length as it crosses the tops of the South Wales Valleys.
   • 1957 May, D. S. Barrie, “From Abergavenny to Merthyr—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 345:

     Launched now on the long descent to Merthyr, initially at 1 in 38-40, the train skirts the town of Dowlais to the east and north, High Street Station standing high above the main Heads of the Valleys road.

References

• Ordnance Survey map, Explorer 166 - Rhondda & Merthyr Tydfil.