Rhymney
Rhymney is a town and a community in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. With the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Borough Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhymney Library and Rhymney railway station.
Rhymney railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Rhymney railway station serves the town of Rhymney in Wales. Situated on the Valley Lines network 23 miles north of Cardiff Central, it is the terminus of the Rhymney Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontlottyn and Bute Town.
Pontlottyn
Village
Photo: Alzarian16, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pontlottyn is a village located in the county borough of Caerphilly, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. It is sited just to the south of Rhymney, and to the west of the Rhymney River.
Bute Town
Hamlet
Bute Town is a village in the county borough of Caerphilly, near Rhymney, in Wales. Locally, Bute Town is spoken and written as a single word, Butetown.
Fochriw
Village
Photo: Eddy Blanche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fochriw is a village in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. It was well known for its neighbouring collieries, which employed nearly the entire local population in the early 20th century.
Rhymney
- Type: Town with 5,150 residents
- Description: town and a community located in the county borough of Caerphilly in south-east Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Rhymney, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76145° or 51° 45′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.28694° or 3° 17′ 13″ westPopulation
5,150Elevation
928 feet (283 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RYYOpen location code
9C3RQP67+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 27199759OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Rhymney” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rhymney”
- Basque: “Rhymney”
- Bengali: “রেইমনে”
- Breton: “Rhymni”
- Bulgarian: “Римни”
- Catalan: “Rhymni”
- Cebuano: “Rhymney”
- Chinese: “Rhymney”
- Chinese: “拉姆尼”
- Chinese: “萊姆尼”
- Cornish: “Rhymni”
- Dutch: “Rhymney”
- French: “Rhymney”
- German: “Rhymney”
- Gujarati: “રીમ્ની”
- Irish: “Rhymni”
- Italian: “Rhymney”
- Japanese: “ライムニー”
- Kannada: “ರೈಮ್ನಿ”
- Korean: “라임니”
- Lithuanian: “Rijmis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rhymney”
- Persian: “ریمنی”
- Polish: “Rhymney”
- Portuguese: “Rhymney”
- Russian: “Римни”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rhymni”
- Spanish: “Rhymney”
- Swedish: “Rhymney”
- Tamil: “ரஹைமனே”
- Telugu: “ర్హ్యమ్నీ”
- Urdu: “رہیمنے”
- Welsh: “Rhymni”
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Highlights include St David’s Community Centre and St Teilo House.
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