Llantwit Fardre
Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant.

Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old parish and the community area that takes in the villages of Llantwit Fardre, Tonteg and Church Village. It is in the county of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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Worth seeing in and around Llantwit Fardre
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.
- 01Llantrisant 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.
3.3 km · castle in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church 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.
3.4 km · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK · Wikipedia - 03Royal 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.
3.7 km · numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Upper 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.
1.6 km · area in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ysgol 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.
1 km · comprehensive school in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Llantwit Fardre
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 18 km · Bristol (BRS), 47 km · Birmingham (BHX), 147 km
- Stations
- Treforest railway station, 3.9 km · Treforest Estate railway station, 3.3 km · Creigiau railway station, 3.7 km · Beddau Halt railway station, 1.5 km · Tonteg Halt railway station, 2.4 km
- Bristol → Llantwit Fardre52 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £7–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Llantwit Fardre142 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–22
- London → Llantwit Fardre222 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · £23–31
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No local-transport research exists yet for Llantwit Fardre
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 Llantwit Fardre. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextIt is possible to visit Hereford as a day trip, using either train or car.
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Next door to Llantwit Fardre
Llantwit Fardre is 14 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Llantrisanttown and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales3.5 km
- Beddauvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales1.6 km
- Church Villagevillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK1.6 km
- Efail Isafvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK1.2 km
- Creigiauvillage in Cardiff, Wales3.9 km
- Hawthornvillage Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales3.2 km