Ystradfellte
Ystradfellte is a village and community in Powys, Wales, about 6 miles north of Hirwaun, with 556 inhabitants. It belongs to the historic county of Brecknockshire and the Fforest Fawr area of the Brecon Beacons National Park, beside the Afon Mellte river.Places of Interest
Highlights include New Inn and Porth yr Ogof.
Porth yr Ogof
Cave
Porth yr Ogof is a solutional cave near the village of Ystradfellte, near the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. It lies on the course of the Afon Mellte, a river whose name translates as 'lightning', commonly explained as a reference to the "flashy" nature of the river, i.e. its rising and falling rapidly in response to rainfall.
Maen Madoc
Stone
The Maen Madoc or Maen Madog stone is a menhir which lies adjacent to the Roman road Sarn Helen that runs across the Brecon Beacons in what was a key area of Roman Wales, about one mile north of Ystradfellte. Maen Madoc is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ystradfellte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penderyn and Fforest Fawr.
Penderyn
Village
Penderyn is a rural village in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South East Wales, located near the village and community of Hirwaun. The name is a combination of two Welsh words: pen, which means "head" or "end", and deryn, a contracted form of aderyn, "bird". Penderyn is situated 3 miles south of Ystradfellte.
Fforest Fawr
Locality
Fforest Fawr is an extensive upland area in the county of Powys, Wales. Formerly known as the Great Forest of Brecknock in English, it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing, forestry, water catchment and recreation. Fforest Fawr is situated 3½ miles northwest of Ystradfellte.
Pontneddfechan
Village
Pontneddfechan (Welsh for 'bridge over the Little Neath'… Pontneddfechan is situated 4 miles southwest of Ystradfellte.
Ystradfellte
- Type: Village with 582 residents
- Description: village and community in Powys, Wales, UK
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Ystradfellte, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8095° or 51° 48′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.55341° or 3° 33′ 12″ west
Population
582
Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)
Open location code
9C3RRC5W+RJ
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Ystradfellte” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ystradfellte”
- Breton: “Ystradfellte”
- Bulgarian: “Йстрадфелте”
- Catalan: “Ystradfellte”
- Cebuano: “Ystradfellte”
- Cornish: “Ystradfellte”
- Dutch: “Ystradfellte”
- French: “Ystradfellte”
- German: “Ystradfellte”
- Irish: “Ystradfellte”
- Italian: “Ystradfellte”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ystradfellte”
- Norwegian: “Ystradfellte”
- Persian: “استرایدفلت”
- Scots: “Ystradfellte”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ystradfellte”
- Swedish: “Ystradfellte”
- Welsh: “Ystradfellte”
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Highlights include St Mary’s Church Ysradfellte and Tradesman’s Entrance (C).
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