Ynyshir
Ynyshir is a village and community located in the Rhondda Valley, within Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.

Ynyshir is a village and community located in the Rhondda Valley, within Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The name of the village means "long island" in Welsh and takes its name from a farm in the area, falling within the historic parishes of Ystradyfodwg and Llanwynno (Llanwonno). The community of Ynyshir lies between the small adjoining village of Wattstown and the larger town of neighbouring Porth.
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Worth seeing in and around Ynyshir
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.
- 01Rhondda Heritage Park
Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod, Rhondda, South Wales, is a tourist attraction which offers an insight into the life of the coal mining community that existed in the area until the 1980s. Visitors can experience the life of the coal miners on a guided tour through one of the mine shafts of the Lewis Merthyr colliery.
2 km · tourist attraction and museum in Trehafod, Rhondda, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02St Anne's Church, Ynyshir
St Anne's Church, Ynyshir is located in the Welsh village of Ynyshir in the Benefice of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley. It dates from the 1880s.
400 m · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Tabernacle, Ynysybwl
Tabernacle, Ynysybwl is a former Independent chapel in Other Street, Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
4 km · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK · Wikipedia - 04Mynydd y Glyn
Mynydd y Glyn is a mountain in South Wales, between the towns of Pontypridd and Tonyrefail. It has a height above sea level of 377 metres.
2.9 km · hill (377m) in Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wikipedia - 05Craig 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.
3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ynyshir
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 26 km · Bristol (BRS), 55 km · Birmingham (BHX), 146 km
- Stations
- Trehafod railway station, 2.5 km · Porth railway station, 1.2 km · Dinas Rhondda railway station, 2 km · Tonypandy railway station, 2.7 km · Llwynypia railway station, 3.2 km
- Bristol → Ynyshir60 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ynyshir140 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £17–23
- London → Ynyshir228 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · £23–31
- 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 Ynyshir
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 Ynyshir. 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 Ynyshir
Ynyshir is 22 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tonypandytown in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK2.9 km
- Porthvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, south Wales1 km
- Llwynypiavillage in Wales3 km
- Trealawvillage in Wales2.9 km
- Tylorstownvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK3.6 km
- Cymmervillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales1.3 km