Caerau is a former mining village in town and community of Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located approximately 2 miles north of the centre of Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley. Caerau, surrounded by mountainous terrain and forestry, is one of the border points between Bridgend County Borough and Neath Port Talbot County Borough, bordered to the north by Croeserw and Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot. Caerau, borders Dyffryn and Spelter to the south in , Maesteg.