Rhigos
Rhigos is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is located on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhigos Primary School and Craig y Llyn.
Craig y Llyn
Peak
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Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated to the south of the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley on the south side of the upper Vale of Neath and north of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales; it is the highest point in the ancient kingdom and, later, county of Glamorgan, and the southern Welsh coalfield plateau. Craig y Llyn is situated 2 miles southwest of Rhigos.
Llyn Fawr
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llyn Fawr is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, South Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cefn Rhigos and Pontneddfechan.
Cefn Rhigos
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 1½ miles northwest of Rhigos.
Hirwaun
Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hirwaun is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is 4 miles NW of the town of Aberdare, and comes under the Aberdare post town. Hirwaun is situated 2 miles east of Rhigos.
Rhigos
- Type: Village with 718 residents
- Description: village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.73902° or 51° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.56364° or 3° 33′ 49″ westPopulation
718Elevation
712 feet (217 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RHGOpen location code
9C3RPCQP+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 346182065OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rhigos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريغوز”
- Basque: “Rhigos”
- Bulgarian: “Рхигос”
- Catalan: “Y Rhigos”
- Cebuano: “Rhigos”
- Chinese: “Rhigos”
- Cornish: “Y Rhigos”
- Dutch: “Rhigos”
- French: “Rhigos”
- Irish: “Y Rhigos”
- Italian: “Rhigos”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rhigos”
- Persian: “ریگوز”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Y Rhigos”
- Spanish: “Rhigos”
- Swedish: “Rhigos”
- Welsh: “Rhigos”
- Welsh: “Y Rhigos”
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