Clydach Vale
Clydach Vale is a village in the community of Cwm Clydach, northwest of Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the Rhondda Valley, Wales.

Clydach Vale is a village in the community of Cwm Clydach, northwest of Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the Rhondda Valley, Wales. It is named for its situation on the Nant Clydach, a tributary of the River Rhondda. The village is deemed part of the Tonypandy built-up area by the Office for National Statistics and comes under the Tonypandy post town.
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Worth seeing in and around Clydach Vale
4 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.
- 01Hebron Welsh Baptist Chapel
Hebron, Ton Pentre was one of the largest Baptist churches in the Rhondda valleys during their industrial heyday. As membership increased the chapel was rebuilt in 1889 and a schoolroom added in 1908.
2.5 km · Baptist chapel in Ton Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02St Stephen's Church
St Stephen's Church is a Church in Wales parish church in Ystrad Rhondda, Wales, within the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough. Built between 1895 and 1896, the church opened in May 1896.
2.1 km · church in Ystrad Rhondda, Wales · Wikipedia - 03St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church is an Anglican church serving the parish of Ystradyfodwg and the village of Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on Pentre Road, with the south-west end of its churchyard fronting the main thoroughfare of Llewellyn Street.
3.4 km · church in Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia - 04Craig Pont Rhondda
Craig Pont Rhondda is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Llwynypia, Rhondda, south Wales. The Countryside Council for Wales states that the site has been categorised as a Site of Special Interest because it "...is the largest remaining broadleaved woodland in the valley of the Rhondda Fawr.
1.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Clydach Vale
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 27 km · Bristol (BRS), 59 km · Birmingham (BHX), 150 km
- Stations
- Dinas Rhondda railway station, 2.6 km · Tonypandy railway station, 1.7 km · Llwynypia railway station, 1.5 km · Ton Pentre railway station, 2.5 km · Ystrad Rhondda railway station, 1.9 km
- Bristol → Clydach Vale64 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £9–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Clydach Vale144 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £18–24
- London → Clydach Vale232 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · £24–32
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Clydach Vale
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 Clydach Vale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Clydach Vale
Clydach Vale is 26 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Llwynypiavillage in Wales1.9 km
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- Trealawvillage in Wales1.5 km
- Tylorstownvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK3.4 km
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