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Rhondda or Rhondda Valley is a former coal mining community in Wales. The area is actually two valleys: the larger Rhondda Fawr valley (mawr large) and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley (bach small). The singular term 'Rhondda Valley' and the plural 'Rhondda Valleys' are both commonly used.

Rhondda Fawr

The larger of the two valleys, the Rhondda Fawr, extends from Porth and rises through the valley until it reaches Blaenrhondda, near Treherbert. The villages that make up the Rhondda Fawr are:

  • Blaencwm a district of Treherbert.
  • Blaenrhondda a district of Treherbert.
  • Cwm Clydach a community.
  • Cwmparc a district of Treorchy.
  • Cymmer a district of Porth.
  • Dinas Rhondda a district of Penygraig.
  • Edmondstown a district of Penygraig.
  • Gelli a district of Ystrad
  • Glynfach a district of Cymmer
  • Llwynypia a community.
  • Pentre a community.
  • Penygraig a community
  • Porth a community that sees itself as the unofficial capital of the Rhondda, mainly due to its geographic location.
  • Ton Pentre a district of Pentre.
  • Tonypandy a community.
  • Trealaw a community.
  • Trebanog a district of Cymmer
  • Trehafod the most southernmost and smallest of the Rhondda Valley communities.
  • Treherbert a community.
  • Treorchy the largest community in either of the valleys.
  • Tynewydd a district of Treherbert
  • Williamstown a district of Penygraig.
  • Ynyswen a district of Treorchy.
  • Ystrad a community.

Rhondda Fach

The Rhondda Fach is the smaller of the two valleys. Villages include Wattstown, Ynyshir, Pontygwaith, Ferndale, Tylorstown and Maerdy. The settlements that make up the Rhondda Fach are as follows:

  • Blaenllechau a district of Ferndale.
  • Ferndale a community.
  • Maerdy a community.
  • Penrhys a district of Tylorstown.
  • Pontygwaith a district of Tylorstown.
  • Tylorstown a community.
  • Stanleytown a district of Tylorstown.
  • Wattstown a district of Ynyshir.
  • Ynyshir a community.

Images for kids

  • River Rhondda Blaenrhondda

    River Rhondda in the Fawr Valley near its source in Blaenrhondda

  • Llyn Fawr Reservoir

    Llyn Fawr Reservoir in 2008

  • Hen Drer Mynydd

    The ruins of the Hen Dre'r Mynydd settlement at the head of the Rhondda

  • Welsh Longhouse

    1735 Welsh (Powys) longhouse typical of those found in medieval Rhondda.

  • Llwynyia 1910

    Llwynypia looking north towards Llwynypia Hospital, (c. 1912)

  • Miners' Statue, Rhondda

    Commemorative statue to the "Mining Communities of Rhondda" Robert Thomas (1926–1999)

  • Lewis Merthyr Colliery

    The Lewis Merthyr Colliery, now part of the Rhondda Heritage Park

  • Cwmparc, Rhondda from the Bwlch

    Cwmparc leading into Treorchy in the Rhondda Fawr

  • Rhondda Map

    A rough layout of the main villages of the Rhondda shown along the two tributaries of the River Rhondda

  • Virgin Mary Penrhys Closeup

    Statue to "Our Lady", the pilgrimage site at Penrhys

  • St Peters Church Pentre

    St Peter's Church, Pentre, 'The Cathedral of the Rhondda'

  • Dai Tarw Jones

    Dai 'Tarw' Jones

  • Gorsedd Stones, Treorchy

    Treorchy Gorsedd Stones

  • Cwmparc, zigzag on the A4061 - geograph.org.uk - 444747

    The A4061 Bwlch-y-Clawdd road was built in 1928. It connected the Rhondda to Nantymoel and Abergwynfi and made a lasting impression on the landscape to be featured in National Geographic.

  • Jimmy Wilde

    Boxer, Jimmy Wilde

See also

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