Rhaslas Pond

Rhaslas Pond is a pond in Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Rhaslas Pond is situated near the town Rhymney, as well as near the village Fochriw.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Rhymney railway station and St David’s Church.

Rhymney railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhymney railway station serves the town of Rhymney in Wales. Situated on the Valley Lines network 23 miles north of Cardiff Central, it is the terminus of the Rhymney Line. Rhymney railway station is situated 1 mile east of Rhaslas Pond.

St David’s Church

Church

Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St David’s Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Rhaslas Pond.

Penuel Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penuel Baptist Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Rhaslas Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhymney and Fochriw.

Rhymney

Town

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhymney is a town and a community in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. Until 1972 it existed in the historic county of Monmouthshire. With the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Fochriw

Village

Photo: Eddy Blanche, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fochriw is a village in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. It was well known for its neighbouring collieries, which employed nearly the entire local population in the early 20th century.

Bute Town

Hamlet

Bute Town is a village in the county borough of Caerphilly, near Rhymney, in Wales. Locally, Bute Town is spoken and written as a single word, Butetown.

Rhaslas Pond

Type: Pond
Description: reservoir near Merthyr Tydfil
Categories: reservoir and body of water
Location: Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.75586° or 51° 45′ 21″ north

Longitude

-3.31288° or 3° 18′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C3RQM4P+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 370654301

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

Wikidata ID

Q107676725

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In Other Languages

“Rhaslas Pond” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Cronfa ddŵr Rhaslas”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Fochriw Feeder Pond and Bargoed Solar Farm.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Rhymney Bent Iron and Cwmbargoed Coal Washery.

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