River Thaw
The River Thaw is a river in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. At 20 kilometres/12.4 miles, it is the longest river entirely in the Vale of Glamorgan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Also known as: “Afon Ddaw” and “Afon Ddawan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aberthaw power stations and The Blue Anchor Inn.
Aberthaw power stations
Power station
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberthaw Power Station refers to two decommissioned coal-fired and co-fired biomass power stations on the coast of South Wales, near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Blue Anchor Inn
Pub
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blue Anchor Inn is a Grade II* listed inn in Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.
Boys Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Athan Boys' Village was a village-style holiday camp located in West Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gileston and Font-y-gary.
Gileston
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gileston is a small Welsh village near West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan on the coast of South Wales.
Font-y-gary
Suburb
Photo: Vincent Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Font-y-Gary, also Fontygary, Fontegary or Fontygari, is a village adjacent to Rhoose, 3 miles south-west of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, on the coast of South Wales.
St Athan
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Athan is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to the Norman period. St Athan is situated 1½ miles northwest of River Thaw.
River Thaw
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover River Thaw from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“River Thaw” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “River Thaw”
- Irish: “Afon Ddawan”
- Livvi: “Afon Ddawan”
- Slovenian: “Thaw”
- Swedish: “River Thaw”
- Welsh: “Afon Ddawan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Aberthaw and East Aberthaw.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ash Tip and Breaksea Point.
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