Ystrad
Ystrad, also known as Ystrad Rhondda or Ystrad-Rhondda, is a village, community and electoral ward situated in the Rhondda Fawr valley, within the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough of Wales.
Ystrad, also known as Ystrad Rhondda or Ystrad-Rhondda, is a village, community and electoral ward situated in the Rhondda Fawr valley, within the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough of Wales. As of the 2021 census, the population stood at 5,075. The village lies in the historic county of Glamorgan and forms part of the South Wales Valleys, a region shaped by intensive industrial development during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is served by Ystrad Rhondda railway station on the Rhondda Line and is connected by road and bus services to nearby towns and Cardiff.
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Worth seeing in and around Ystrad
6 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.
- 01Craig 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.
800 m · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 02St 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.
2.9 km · church in Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · Wikipedia - 03Hebron 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.
2.4 km · Baptist chapel in Ton Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
3.6 km · church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
600 m · church in Ystrad Rhondda, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Cefn Gwyngul
Cefn Gwyngul is a long broad ridge to the east of the Rhondda Fach valley in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough in South Wales. Its 470m high summit is marked by an ancient cairn known as Carn-y-Pigwn, on which is a more recent trig point.
3.1 km · hill (470m) in Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ystrad
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 28 km · Bristol (BRS), 59 km · Birmingham (BHX), 147 km
- Stations
- Dinas Rhondda railway station, 3.1 km · Tonypandy railway station, 2.6 km · Treorchy railway station, 4 km · Ton Pentre railway station, 2.3 km · Ystrad Rhondda railway station, 900 m
- Bristol → Ystrad64 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ystrad142 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £18–24
- London → Ystrad231 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · £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 Ystrad
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 Ystrad. 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 Ystrad
Ystrad is 26 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.