Top 10 freakiest Welsh villages 2025

10 Bedlinog

The mother of all strange places

Webbed feet are extremely common in these parts and a carnival is held every year where they burn a resident from nearby Trelewis and feed the remains to their kids. WARNING: Do not enter these parts alone, unless you have slept with your brother and sister or own an elephant gun.

Famous for: Throwing the banjo player from the film Deliverance out of the village because he was too normal.

9 Fochriw

The almost-rude sounding village

Ozzy Ozbourne was given the ‘Key To The Village’ when he bit a bat’s head off on stage. Sadly they took it back off him when Sharron did X Factor. Ozzy’s son Jack now lives in Fochriw and is a local councillor.

Famous for: Fack all.

8 Abercwmboi

Also known as ‘The Village’

Charles Darwin once visited Abercwmboi and stated that the creatures (locals) he witnessed wandering around the village hadn’t begun to evolve like everyone else on the planet. He confirmed in one of his books that the people of Abercwmboi had yet to evolve into apes. Two headed people are more common here than in Chernobyl.

Famous for: Having possibly the ugliest people on the planet.

7 Blaenavon

The village that despises outsiders

“Blaenavon is where I feel most at home, I have never felt so normal living here.” (John Merrick, Elephant Man, 1892)

Famous for: Building the great wall of Blaenavon which stops the neighbouring people from Pontypool entering the village. Be warned: Blaenavon people hate outsiders.

6 Wattstown

No one knows who Mr Watts was or what he wanted

“This place just freaked me right out, I have never seen so many angry people with veins bursting out of their necks, and that includes my place.” (Lucifer, The Devil, 2007)

Famous for: Tattoos, steroids, and more steroids. Also the birth place of the Incredible Hulk.

5 Aberbargoed

The Groundhog Day of villages

Aberbargoed is stuck in a time zone. It’s been groundhog-day everyday there since the beginning of time.

Famous for: Their 5-a-side football stadium which doubles as a leper colony. Expect to see dinasours still roaming in this area.

4 Trefil

The village with the paranormal edge

This village revolves around its rugby team which has an 8 foot long pig as its mascot (this is the truth). The pig is currently banned for biting a committee man.

Famous for: Vampires and werewolves. Also in a survey carried out by no one in particular, it was stated that there are less virgins in Trefil than anywhere else in the world.

3 Ferndale

The feel-good village

“I have never looked so good. I walked into a pub in Ferndale, looked around and thought – Fack me these people are ugly!” (Fredrick Krueger, 1990)

Famous for: Not a lot.

2 Rassau

Even the village name is freaky

“The people of this village are beyond help. I ended up scrapping in the local pub and that ain’t like me.” (Mother Teresa, 1992)

Famous for: Being the film location for that American series V in the 80s where people turned into lizards. Apparently half the cast still live here.

1 Ynysybwl

No vowels needed here, thank you

“If you go to this village you probably won’t ever leave.” (Dai Bartlett. A white Barry White tribute act, 2007)

Famous for: Having more crazy people per square metre than anywhere else in the world. And a guy called Fernato who died about 15 years ago – the legendary tale of Fernato is one we’ll save for another time.