Maiden’s Pool
Maiden’s Pool is a lake in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Maiden’s Pool is situated nearby to the suburb Blaenllechau, as well as near the village Ystrad.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Also known as: “Darren Park Lake”, “Ferndale Lake”, and “Llyn y Forwyn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ystrad Rhondda railway station and Ton Pentre railway station.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station
Railway station
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Llywynypia and Ton Pentre, 20 miles 5 chains from Cardiff Docks.
Ton Pentre railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ton Pentre railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ton Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Ystrad Rhondda and Treorchy, 20 miles 75 chains from Cardiff Docks.
Llwynypia railway station
Railway station
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llwynypia railway station is a railway station serving the village of Llwynypia in Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Tonypandy and Ystrad Rhondda, 19 miles 7 chains from Cardiff Docks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maerdy and Aberdare.
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.
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.
Tonypandy
Town
Photo: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tonypandy is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley.
Maiden’s Pool
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6611° or 51° 39′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.4528° or 3° 27′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3RMG6W+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 551538489OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q107716365
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Maiden’s Pool” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Loch Ferndale”
- Welsh: “Ferndale Lake”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ferndale and Blaenllechau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Darren Park and Darran Park Primary School.
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