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Pontypridd

Pontypridd is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taff, or . It sits at the confluence of the Taff and Rhondda rivers. The town is well placed to provide a base for visitors who wish to explore the industrial heritage of the area, the nearby Brecon Beacons National Park, the beautiful vale of Glamorgan and its coastal features, or the Castle and museums of Cardiff and St Fagans.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontypridd railway station and Treforest railway station.

Railway station
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serves the town of Pontypridd in , . It is located at the junction of the Merthyr line and the Rhondda line and has for many years been the only station serving the town.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the village of , , . It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line 18 km north west of .

Hospital
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is a small hospital on Albert Road, in Pontypridd, , . It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glyncoch and Hawthorn.

Village
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is a to the north of Pontypridd in , . It is also the name of an electoral ward.

Village
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is a village and electoral ward within the community of the town of Pontypridd in the County Borough of , located 10 miles north west of , the capital city of .

Village
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is a large village and part of the community of Pontypridd Town, about 2 miles to its south east of Pontypridd, in the county borough of .

Pontypridd

Latitude
51.6001° or 51° 36′ 0″ north
Longitude
-3.3449° or 3° 20′ 42″ west
Population
30,500
Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PNY
Open location code
9C3RJM24+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27199788
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640104
Wiki­data ID
Q1024900
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Pontypridd” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pontypridd”
  • Basque: “Pontypridd”
  • Belarusian: “Пантыпрыд”
  • Bengali: “পন্টিপ্রীড”
  • Breton: “Pontypridd”
  • Bulgarian: “Понтъприд”
  • Catalan: “Pontypridd”
  • Cebuano: “Pontypridd”
  • Chinese: “庞特普里斯”
  • Chinese: “龐特普里斯”
  • Cornish: “Pontypridd”
  • Czech: “Pontypridd”
  • Danish: “Pontypridd”
  • Dutch: “Pontypridd”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بونتيبريد”
  • Esperanto: “Pontypridd”
  • French: “Pontypridd”
  • Galician: “Pontypridd”
  • German: “Pontypridd”
  • Greek: “Πονταπρίδ”
  • Gujarati: “પોન્ટીપ્રીડ”
  • Hebrew: “פונטיפריד”
  • Indonesian: “Pontypridd”
  • Irish: “Pontypridd”
  • Italian: “Pontypridd”
  • Japanese: “ポンタプリーズ”
  • Japanese: “ポンティプリッド”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಂಟಿಪ್ರಿಡ್”
  • Korean: “폰티프리드”
  • Latvian: “Pontiprīda”
  • Lithuanian: “Pontepridas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pontipridas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pontypridd”
  • Norwegian: “Pontypridd”
  • Persian: “پونتیپرید”
  • Polish: “Pontypridd”
  • Portuguese: “Pontypridd”
  • Russian: “Понтипридд”
  • Russian: “Понтиприт”
  • Russian: “Понтиприте”
  • Scots: “Pontypridd”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pontypridd”
  • Silesian: “Pontypridd”
  • Slovak: “Pontypridd”
  • Spanish: “Pontypridd”
  • Swedish: “Pontypridd”
  • Tamil: “போண்ட்டிபிரிட்ட்”
  • Telugu: “మోస్సేండ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Понтипрідд”
  • Urdu: “پونتیپرید”
  • Welsh: “Pontypridd”

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