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Merthyr Tydfil

Gurnos

Gurnos is a community of in , United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,340 residents
  • Description: village in Merthyr Tydfil
  • Also known as: “Y Gurnos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merthyr Tydfil railway station and Prince Charles Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Robert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in . It is the northern terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Hospital
is a district general hospital in Gurnos, , . It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Museum
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Joseph Parry's Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage located in , in South . Built in the early 19th century for ironworkers, the cottage is best known as the birthplace of the famous Welsh composer Joseph Parry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merthyr Tydfil and Pant.

Photo: Lloergi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and County Borough in South Wales in the historic county of on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Village
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is a village and community on the outskirts of , a large former mining town in the South Wales Valleys, Wales. is notable for being the starting point of the Brecon Mountain Railway, and the site of the former Morlais railway tunnel, which runs underneath the village and emerges in the middle of it.

Suburb
Photo: Varitek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and community of the county borough of , in . The name is derived from the Welsh du meaning 'black' and glais meaning 'stream'.

Gurnos

Latitude
51.762° or 51° 45′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.3828° or 3° 22′ 58″ west
Population
5,340
Elevation
919 feet (280 metres)
Open location code
9C3RQJ68+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4210805120
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7295584
Wiki­data ID
Q5620232
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Gurnos” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gurnos”
  • Bengali: “গুনোস”
  • Bulgarian: “Гурнос”
  • Catalan: “Y Gurnos”
  • Cebuano: “Gurnos”
  • Chinese: “葛尔努斯”
  • Chinese: “葛爾努斯”
  • Cornish: “Y Gurnos”
  • Dutch: “Gurnos”
  • French: “Gurnos”
  • German: “Gurnos”
  • Gujarati: “ગુર્નોસ”
  • Irish: “Y Gurnos”
  • Japanese: “ガーノス”
  • Kannada: “ಗುರ್ನೊಸ್”
  • Korean: “거너스”
  • Lithuanian: “Gurnosas”
  • Portuguese: “Gurnos”
  • Russian: “Гернас”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y Gurnos”
  • Spanish: “Gurnos”
  • Swedish: “Gurnos”
  • Tamil: “குறுநோஸ்”
  • Telugu: “గుర్నోస్”
  • Urdu: “جورنوس”
  • Welsh: “Y Gurnos (Merthyr Tudful)”
  • Welsh: “Y Gurnos, Merthyr Tudful”
  • Welsh: “Y Gurnos”

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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 “Gurnos”. Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.