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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cantref Reservoir and Mynydd-y-glog.
Cantref Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: JTreg62, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penderyn is a rural village in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, located near 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
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Cefn-coed-y-cymmer is a small community on the northwestern edge of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales. It is situated in the neck of land between the rivers Taf Fawr and Taf Fechan at their confluence.
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″ northLongitude
-3.48357° or 3° 29′ 1″ westElevation
1,591 feet (485 metres)Open location code
9C3RRG28+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 394140519OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12609428Wikidata ID
Q5016234
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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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