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Ynysmaerdy

Ynysmaerdy is a village near Talbot Green and Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

Ynysmaerdy
Ynysmaerdy · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Ynysmaerdy is a village near Talbot Green and Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Even though there is no direct access to the village of Llanharan, due to older parish boundaries it falls under the community of Llanharan. It is home to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ynysmaerdy

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.

  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.

    1.7 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.

    1.6 km · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    700 m · numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Llanharan House

    Llanharan House is a historic house on the outskirts of Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located off the A473 road, just east of Llanharan and is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.9 km · building in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · 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 Ynysmaerdy

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 17 km · Bristol (BRS), 51 km · Birmingham (BHX), 151 km
Stations
Llanharan railway station, 3.4 km · Pontyclun railway station, 2.9 km · Beddau Halt railway station, 3.3 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ynysmaerdy

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 Ynysmaerdy. 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

    98 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    175 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

    464 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    498 km

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

Around it

Next door to Ynysmaerdy

Ynysmaerdy is 17 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Llantrisanttown and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales1.4 km
  • Llanharanvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK3.3 km
  • Pontyclunvillage and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales3.1 km
  • Beddauvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales2.7 km
  • Brynsadlervillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK3.5 km
  • Talbot Greenvillage in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK1.6 km