Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark

Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark is a parking area in Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Craig y Llyn, as well as near Rhigos Mountain Memorial Crosses.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tower Colliery and Llyn Fawr.

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. Tower Colliery is situated 4,100 feet north of Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark.

Llyn Fawr

Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Llyn Fawr is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, South Wales. Llyn Fawr is situated 3,400 feet west of Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark.

Craig y Llyn

Peak

Photo: Craigthomas1, CC BY 4.0.

Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated to the south of the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley on the south side of the upper Vale of Neath and north of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales; it is the highest point in the ancient kingdom and, later, county of Glamorgan, and the southern Welsh coalfield plateau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhigos and Blaenrhondda.

Rhigos

Village

Photo: GaranRT, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rhigos is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is located on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley. Rhigos is situated 1½ miles north of Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark.

Blaenrhondda

Village

Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blaenrhondda is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying at the head the Rhondda Fawr valley. Blaenrhondda is a village and is part of the community of Treherbert. Blaenrhondda is situated 2 miles south of Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark.

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. Hirwaun is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark.

Rhigos Viewpoint Carpark

Type: Parking area
Category: transportation
Location: Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.71629° or 51° 42′ 59″ north

Longitude

-3.55468° or 3° 33′ 17″ west

Parking

surface

Open location code

9C3RPC8W+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 516696603

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

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Highlights include Craig y Llyn and Rhigos Mountain Memorial Crosses.

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