Approach to the village from the North.

Deri is a small village at the Northern end of The Rhymney Valley in Mid Glamorgan, South Wales.

Looking down Mill Road.

Today the feel of the village is distinctly rural, but as recently as the 1970's there were coal mines at the North and South ends of the community. Up until that time the whole economy of the village was based in coalmining and further back in history there were a number of other smaller mines. In fact the village was the location of the Darran Pit Disaster of 1909 when 27 miners lost their lives.

Some views from the cycle track.

(Behind Bailey Street)

View from Upper Cefn Road.

Ironically the villages biggest attraction today is the Darran Valley country park which occupies the site of the old Ogilvie Colliery, once a big scar on the landscape the park is a veritable beauty spot.

Approach to the village from the South.

Originally the village was split in two by the Darren River with Deri on the Eastern bank and Darran to the West.

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