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Beddau

Beddau is a large former mining village situated within the South Wales Valleys around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Llantrisant and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.

Beddau
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The place

Beddau is a large former mining village situated within the South Wales Valleys around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Llantrisant and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Beddau

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Llantrisant Castle

    Llantrisant Castle is a ruined castle in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. The ruins are on a good elevation, commanding extensive views of the surrounding country.

    2 km · castle in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church Of St Illtyd, St Gwynno And St Dyfodwg

    Llantrisant Church is located in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. Built within a short distance of Llantrisant Castle, it was originally in the Norman style of architecture.

    2.1 km · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Upper Church Village

    Upper Church Village is a district of the larger village and electoral ward of Church Village, within the community of Llantwit Fardre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is located to the north and west of the villages of Llantwit Fardre, Church Village and Tonteg.

    2.8 km · area in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg

    Ysgol Garth Olwg, English Garth Olwg School is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in the village of Church Village near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was the first Welsh language comprehensive school in the south of Wales.

    2.5 km · comprehensive school in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Royal Mint Museum

    The Royal Mint Museum is a numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, which houses coins, medals, artwork and minting equipment previous owned by the Royal Mint. Although the museum is located on the same site as the Royal Mint, the mint and the museum are separate companies.

    2.1 km · numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Beddau

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 18 km · Bristol (BRS), 48 km · Birmingham (BHX), 149 km
Stations
Beddau Halt railway station, 1.2 km · Tonteg Halt railway station, 3.9 km
  • Bristol → Beddau
    54 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–10
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Beddau
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–23
  • London → Beddau
    224 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · £23–31
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Beddau

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Beddau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere is an international airport at Cardiff and a small airport serving private planes at Swansea There are regular car ferry services from Ireland to Fishguard and Pembroke.

From Wikivoyage: South Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    100 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    173 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    462 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    466 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    498 km

If you know how people move in Beddau – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Beddau

Beddau is 15 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Llantrisanttown and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales2.1 km
  • Llantwit Fardretown and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK1.6 km
  • Church Villagevillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK2.9 km
  • Efail Isafvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK2.6 km
  • Talbot Greenvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK2.8 km
  • Ynysmaerdyvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK2.7 km