Porth
Porth is a town and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. Lying in the Rhondda Valley, it is regarded as the gateway connecting the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach valleys due to both valleys meeting at Porth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 14,600 residents
- Description: village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, south Wales
- Also known as: “Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porth railway station and Former Porth Library.
Porth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porth railway station is a railway station serving the town of Porth in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glynfach and Cymmer.
Glynfach
Suburb
Glynfach is a district of the community and electoral ward of Cymmer, within the town of Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf. There are no shops in Glynfach, however there is one pub - The Colliers Arms - and one parish church - St.
Cymmer
Village
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cymmer is a village and community in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. It is so named because of being located at the 'confluence' of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach river valleys.
Llwyncelyn
Village
Llwyncelyn is a district of Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Consisting of five long terraces and two modern housing developments, Llwyncelyn has one shop and a parish church, St.
Porth
- Categories: post town, community, village, and locality
- Location: Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61259° or 51° 36′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.40859° or 3° 24′ 31″ westPopulation
14,600Elevation
482 feet (147 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB POROpen location code
9C3RJH7R+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 129955138OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Porth” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Porth”
- Bengali: “পোর্থ”
- Breton: “Porth”
- Breton: “Y Porth”
- Bulgarian: “Порт”
- Catalan: “Y Porth”
- Cebuano: “Porth”
- Chinese: “Porth”
- Chinese: “坡尔斯”
- Chinese: “坡爾斯”
- Chinese: “波思”
- Cornish: “Y Porth”
- Dutch: “Porth”
- French: “Porth”
- German: “Porth”
- Gujarati: “પોર્થ”
- Irish: “Y Porth”
- Japanese: “ポ―ス”
- Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ತ್”
- Korean: “포트”
- Lithuanian: “Portas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Porth”
- Portuguese: “Porth”
- Russian: “Порт”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Y Porth”
- Spanish: “Porth”
- Swedish: “Porth”
- Tamil: “போர்த்”
- Telugu: “పోర్త్”
- Urdu: “پورتھ”
- Welsh: “Porth y Rhondda”
- Welsh: “Porth”
- Welsh: “y Porth”
- Welsh: “Y Porth”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Porth”. Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.