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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  • Type: Town with 30,500 residents
  • Description: town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
  • Also known as: “Pontipridas”, “Понтипридд”, and “ポンタプリーズ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pontypridd railway station and Treforest railway station.

Railway station
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serves the town of Pontypridd in , .

Railway station
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is a railway station serving…

Hospital
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is a small hospital on Albert Road, in Pontypridd, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glyncoch and Rhydyfelin.

Village
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is a to the north of Pontypridd in , .

Village
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is a large village and part of the…

Village
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is a village in the county borough…

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)
UN/LOCODE
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: “Πόντιπριντ”
  • Gujarati: “પોન્ટીપ્રીડ”
  • Hebrew: “פונטיפריד”
  • Indonesian: “Pontypridd”
  • Irish: “Pontypridd”
  • Italian: “Pontypridd”
  • Japanese: “ポンティプリッド”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಂಟಿಪ್ರಿಡ್”
  • Korean: “폰티프리드”
  • Latvian: “Pontiprīda”
  • Lithuanian: “Pontepridas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pontypridd”
  • Norwegian: “Pontypridd”
  • Persian: “پونتیپرید”
  • Polish: “Pontypridd”
  • Portuguese: “Pontypridd”
  • 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”
  • “Pontypridd”

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