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A tour of Pontypridd using the Pokemon Go app will bring people together to explore the town centre and Ynysangharad Park.

The mobile phone game, which has proved a worldwide sensation since its release in July, encourages players to explore their local area and seek out new Pokemon in order to make progress.

Users 'battle' each other in the game by convening at virtual gyms at selected landmarks in the real world.

Exploring Pontypridd

And Pontypridd Museum will use the game at the centre of a new event, which will be a tour of Pontypridd town centre and the nearby public park.

The tour will stop off at landmarks such as the Pontypridd Lido, the town centre fountain and the park's famous bandstand.

Two tours, lasting up to an hour and a half, are scheduled for Wednesday, August 17.

Morwenna Perrott, curator at Pontypridd Museum, said: "The idea came from a colleague of mine, who had started playing the game.

'A good way to get people out and about'

"We think it's a good way to get people out and about, looking at the town centre and what we have here. It's a bit of a different tack for us.

"We are going to set a lure in the game at the museum, so people who aren't already here might come here, and then we'll do the same for various places around town.

"And we'll try and integrate a bit of history into the tour as well. We'll visit the lido, the bandstand, the fountain, the Evan James and James James statue, if it's been returned from repair."

The tours will start at 10.30am and 2.30pm, and everyone is welcome to the free event.

"It's a great was of getting people out," Morwenna added. "It'll be good to get people to look at the local area a bit differently, and at the same time letting them know what we have here at the museum."