Blaenllechau
Blaenllechau is a small village located in the Rhondda Fach valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The neighbouring villages are Ferndale, Maerdy and Tylorstown.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ferndale Cemetery and Ystrad Rhondda railway station.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station
Railway station
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. Alphabetically, it is the last station in the UK with the first being Abbey Wood station in southeast London. Ystrad Rhondda railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Blaenllechau.
Ton Pentre railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ton Pentre railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ton Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. Ton Pentre railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Blaenllechau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferndale and Cwmaman.
Ferndale
Village
Photo: Steve Chapple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ferndale is a town and community located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Neighbouring villages are Blaenllechau, Maerdy and Tylorstown.
Cwmaman
Village
Photo: Bev, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmaman is a former coal mining village near Aberdare, South Wales. The name is Welsh for "Aman Valley"; the river Aman flows through the village. There are several hills nearby, such as Pen Foel Aman and Mynydd y Ffaldau.
Maerdy
Photo: Peter Goodwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maerdy is a village of 3,200 people in Glamorgan. The area grew from a farming community to town around the coal mining industry and the development of Mardy Colliery in the late 19th century, but its last pit shut in 1990.
Blaenllechau
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.66856° or 51° 40′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.44947° or 3° 26′ 58″ westElevation
860 feet (262 metres)Open location code
9C3RMH92+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 6152314265OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Blaenllechau” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Blaenllechau”
- Dutch: “Blaenllechau”
- French: “Blaenllechau”
- Irish: “Blaenllechau”
- Welsh: “Blaenllechau”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tylorstown and Penrhys.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Railway Community Garden and Blaenllechau Park.
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