Penydarren

Penydarren is a community and electoral ward in in . Penydarren has about 5,280 residents.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,280 residents
  • Description: suburb and community in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
  • Also known as: “Pen-y-Darren”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merthyr Tydfil railway station and Penydarren Park.

Railway station
Photo: Robert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in . It is the northern terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Pitch
is a sports stadium in , Wales, that is the present home ground of Merthyr Town. Historically used for varying sports, it has been the home to two professional football teams, Merthyr Town and Merthyr Tydfil F.C.

Town hall
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is a municipal building in the High Street, , South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dowlais and Gurnos.

Suburb
Photo: Varitek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the north-east of in South East Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh words du and glais. is notable within Wales and within as a whole, for its historic association with ironworking; once employing, through the Iron Company, over 7,000 people, the works being at one stage the largest in the world.

Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community of in , United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.

Photo: Lloergi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and County Borough in South Wales in the historic county of on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Penydarren

Latitude
51.75718° or 51° 45′ 26″ north
Longitude
-3.36866° or 3° 22′ 7″ west
Population
5,280
Elevation
774 feet (236 metres)
Open location code
9C3RQJ4J+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13433088228
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13266429
Wiki­data ID
Q3406657
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Penydarren” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Penydarren”
  • Bengali: “পেনিডারিন”
  • Bulgarian: “Пенъдарен”
  • Catalan: “Penydarren”
  • Cebuano: “Penydarren”
  • Chinese: “潘尼达伦”
  • Chinese: “潘尼達倫”
  • French: “Penydarren”
  • German: “Penydarren”
  • Gujarati: “પેનીડેરેન”
  • Irish: “Penydarren”
  • Japanese: “ペニーダレン”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆನಿಡರೆನ್”
  • Korean: “페니더렌”
  • Lithuanian: “Penidarenas”
  • Portuguese: “Penydarren”
  • Russian: “Пенидаррен”
  • Spanish: “Penydarren”
  • Swedish: “Penydarren”
  • Tamil: “பெனிடரேன்”
  • Telugu: “డారెన్పెని”
  • Urdu: “پینیدارین”
  • Welsh: “Penydarren”

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