Rhiwfawr
Rhiwfawr is a village of just under 100 houses in the Swansea Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ena Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Wales
- Also known as: “Pen-Rhiw-fawr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Allt-y-grug and St David’s Church, Ystalyfera.
Mynydd Allt-y-grug
Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Allt-y-grug is a 338-metre-high hill immediately west of Ystalyfera in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot in South Wales. Its twin summits are around 400m apart. Mynydd Allt-y-grug is situated 2 miles south of Rhiwfawr.
St David’s Church, Ystalyfera
Church
Photo: Adrian Dust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St David’s Church, Ystalyfera is situated 2 miles southeast of Rhiwfawr.
Ynyscedwyn Ironworks
Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is an industrial complex located in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, Wales. Smelting was first established here in seventeenth century. Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is situated 2½ miles southeast of Rhiwfawr.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera.
Cwmllynfell
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmllynfell is a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Ystalyfera
Village
Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about 13 miles northeast of Swansea. It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, comprising a resident population of just over 3,000 people, approximately 60% of whom speak Welsh. Ystalyfera is situated 1½ miles southeast of Rhiwfawr.
Cwmgiedd
Hamlet
Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd within the community of Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales. It lies 22.5 km north-east of Swansea and 253 km west of London. Cwmgiedd is situated 2½ miles east of Rhiwfawr.
Rhiwfawr
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Cwmllynfell, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7831° or 51° 46′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.81599° or 3° 48′ 58″ westElevation
689 feet (210 metres)Open location code
9C3RQ5MM+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1328512684OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Rhiwfawr” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rhiwfawr”
- Czech: “Rhiwfawr”
- Dutch: “Rhiwfawr”
- German: “Rhiwfawr”
- Slovak: “Rhiwfawr”
- Welsh: “Rhiwfawr”
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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 “Rhiwfawr”. Photo: Ena Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.