Tongwynlais
Tongwynlais is a village and community in the north of Cardiff, Wales, north of the M4 motorway in the Taff Valley. It is notable as the location of the hillside landmark, Castell Coch. The population as of the 2011 census was 1,871.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ivy House Farmhouse and Taffs Well railway station.
Ivy House Farmhouse
Building
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Ivy House Farmhouse is a building.
Taffs Well railway station
Railway station
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Taffs Well railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, as well as neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff.
Gelynis Farmhouse
Guest house
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Gelynis Farmhouse is a 16th century farmhouse in Radyr, Cardiff, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morganstown and Coryton.
Morganstown
Suburb
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Morganstown is a part of the community of Radyr and Morganstown in the north of Cardiff, just over 5 miles northwest of Cardiff city centre and separated from Radyr to the south by the M4 motorway.
Coryton
Suburb
Coryton is a district of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, lying immediately to the north of Whitchurch next to junction 32 of the M4 motorway. It is within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais electoral ward.
Gwaelod-y-Garth
Village
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwaelod-y-Garth is a village in the community of Pentyrch, Cardiff in Wales.
Tongwynlais
- Type: Suburb with 1,850 residents
- Description: district of Cardiff, Wales
- Categories: village, community, and locality
- Location: Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.53174° or 51° 31′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.25179° or 3° 15′ 6″ westPopulation
1,850Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
9C3RGPJX+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 291887710OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
12264002Wikidata ID
Q7821209
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Tongwynlais” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tongwynlais”
- Breton: “Tongwynlais”
- Catalan: “Tongwynlais”
- Cebuano: “Tongwynlais”
- Chinese: “Tongwynlais”
- Cornish: “Tongwynlais”
- Dutch: “Tongwynlais”
- French: “Tongwynlais”
- Irish: “Tongwynlais”
- Japanese: “トンウィンレイス”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tongwynlais”
- Persian: “تانگوینلیس”
- Russian: “Тонгуинлайс”
- Scots: “Tongwynlais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tongwynlais”
- Swedish: “Tongwynlais”
- Welsh: “Tongwynlais”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lewis Arms and Tongwynlais Village Hall.
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