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.Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castell Coch and Ivy House Farmhouse.
Castell Coch
Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the River Taff.
Ivy House Farmhouse
Building
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ivy House Farmhouse is a building.
Taffs Well railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morganstown and Coryton.
Morganstown
Suburb
Photo: Robin Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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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