Cefn y Llethr Hir

Cefn y Llethr Hir is a peak in Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and has an elevation of 1,673 feet. Cefn y Llethr Hir is situated nearby to the village Hirwaun, as well as near Penywaun.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tower Colliery and Lluest-wen Reservoir.

Tower Colliery

Photo: Derek Cummings, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tower Colliery was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the United Kingdom, and possibly the world, until its closure in 2008. It was the last mine of its kind to remain in the South Wales Valleys.

Lluest-wen Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lluest-wen Reservoir is a reservoir at the top of the Rhondda Fach Valley, in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. Parts of it fall within the communities of Rhigos, Aberdare and Treherbert.

Hirwaun Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdare and Maerdy.

Aberdare

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550.

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.

Hirwaun

Village

Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hirwaun is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is 4 miles NW of the town of Aberdare, and comes under the Aberdare post town.

Cefn y Llethr Hir

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,673 feet
Category: landform
Location: Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7159° or 51° 42′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.5165° or 3° 30′ 60″ west

Elevation

1,673 feet (510 metres)

Open location code

9C3RPF8M+99

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6281628049

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

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