Cadair Fawr
Cadair Fawr is a hill in the northern corner of the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cantref Reservoir and Mynydd-y-glog.
Cantref Reservoir
Reservoir
Cantref Reservoir is the middle of the three reservoirs in the Taff Fawr valley in Wales. It was built by Cardiff Corporation Waterworks between 1886 and 1892, but since 1973 has been owned by Welsh Water.
Mynydd-y-glog
Peak
Mynydd-y-glog is a hill just east of the village of Penderyn in the northern corner of the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penderyn and Ystradfellte.
Penderyn
Village
Penderyn is a rural village in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South East Wales, located near the village and community of Hirwaun. The name is a combination of two Welsh words: pen, which means "head" or "end", and deryn, a contracted form of aderyn, "bird".
Ystradfellte
Village
Ystradfellte is a village and community in Powys, Wales, about 6 miles north of Hirwaun, with 556 inhabitants. It belongs to the historic county of Brecknockshire and the Fforest Fawr area of the Brecon Beacons National Park, beside the Afon Mellte river.
Cefn-coed-y-cymmer
Suburb
Cadair Fawr
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,591 feet
- Description: hill (485m) in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.80015° or 51° 48′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.48357° or 3° 29′ 1″ west
Elevation
1,591 feet (485 metres)
Open location code
9C3RRG28+3H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_point
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Cadair Fawr” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cadair Fawr”
- French: “Cadair Fawr”
- Welsh: “Cadair Fawr”
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