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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Inn and Porth yr Ogof.
Porth yr Ogof
Cave
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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
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Pontneddfechan.
Penderyn
Village
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Penderyn is a rural village in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, located near 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.
Pontneddfechan
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontneddfechan is a village in Powys, Wales. It is the southernmost village in the historic county of Brecknockshire, within the Vale of Neath and in the community of Ystradfellte. Pontneddfechan is situated 4 miles southwest of Ystradfellte.
Cefn Rhigos
Hamlet
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Cefn Rhigos is a hamlet to the west of the village of Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Despite being 8 miles from the town centre, it is within the Aberdare postal district. Cefn Rhigos is situated 4 miles south 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″ northLongitude
-3.55341° or 3° 33′ 12″ westPopulation
582Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
9C3RRC5W+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 247357942OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2633336Wikidata ID
Q1009284
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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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