River Taff
The River Taff is a river in Wales. It rises in the Brecon Beacons as two rivers, the Taf Fechan and the Taf Fawr before becoming one just north of Merthyr Tydfil.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pontcanna Fields & Llandaff Fields and Llandaff Cathedral.
Pontcanna Fields & Llandaff Fields
Recreation area
Photo: Welshleprechaun, Public domain.Llandaff Cathedral
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maindy and Birchgrove.
River Taff
- Type: River
- Description: river in Wales which flows into Cardiff Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49446° or 51° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
-3.20234° or 3° 12′ 8″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C3RFQVX+Q3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“River Taff” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Taff”
- Basque: “Taff ibaia”
- Bavarian: “River Taff”
- Belarusian: “Таф”
- Breton: “Stêr Taf”
- Catalan: “Taff”
- Cebuano: “River Taff”
- Chinese: “塔夫河”
- Cornish: “Avon Tav”
- Czech: “Taff”
- Dutch: “Taff”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تاف”
- Estonian: “Taff”
- French: “Taf”
- Galician: “Taff”
- German: “River Taff”
- German: “Taff”
- Hebrew: “טף (ויילס)”
- Hebrew: “טף”
- Irish: “An Taf”
- Italian: “Taf”
- Italian: “Taff”
- Ladin: “Taff”
- Latin: “Tavia”
- Lithuanian: “Tafas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taff”
- Polish: “Taff”
- Portuguese: “Rio Taff”
- Russian: “Таф”
- Russian: “Тафф”
- Serbian: “Таф”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Taff”
- Slovak: “Taff”
- Slovenian: “Taff”
- Spanish: “Río Taff”
- Spanish: “Taff”
- Swahili: “Mto Taff”
- Swedish: “Taf”
- Turkish: “Taff Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Тафф”
- Uzbek: “Daryo Taff”
- Venetian: “Fiume Taff”
- Welsh: “Afon Taf”
- Western Frisian: “Taff”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pontcanna and The Colonies.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cardiff Horse Riding School and Gabalfa Woods.
Wales: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Swansea and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
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